Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Christine A. Williams has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice. She joins the firm in Los Angeles from Northrop Grumman Corporation, where she previously served as Senior Counsel (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing Fitness International, LLC, an affiliate of LA Fitness International, LLC, an owner of fitness clubs, in the proposed acquisition of assets relating to 171 Bally Total Fitness clubs. The transaction remains subject to various closing conditions (more…)
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised client MLIM, LLC (owned and controlled by Papa Doug Manchester) in the purchase of San Diego’s daily newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune (more…)
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP is pleased to announce that it has opened an office today in Silicon Valley at 333 Twin Dolphin Drive in Redwood Shores, California. Douglas E. Lumish, chair of the firm’s intellectual property group, will serve as managing partner of the office (more…)
National Intellectual Property super boutique Novak Druce + Quigg LLP has announced the addition of Partner Jason D. Lohr and Senior Associate Justas Geringson to its San Francisco office. Lohr comes to Novak Druce from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP and Geringson joins from Fliesler Meyer LLP (more…)

Bringing a combined total of nearly four decades’ experience in land use and environmental law, Patricia Curtin and Todd Williams join Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP as partners. Curtin will lead the firm’s Land Use practice. Formerly principals with Walnut Creek’s Morgan Miller Blair, Curtin and Williams represent both private and public sector clients throughout the state and contribute to the breadth and depth of Wendel Rosen’s core practice areas (more…)
Jenner & Block is representing News Corporation’s Fox Sports as litigation counsel, in a dispute between the broadcaster and the Los Angeles Dodgers over the planned sale of the team and its assets, including media rights (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Mozilla, a company that creates the FireFox open-source web browser, in leasing a new data center in Santa Clara, California (more…)
Duane Morris is pleased to announce that David A. Charapp has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Group as a partner in its San Diego office. Charapp’s arrival adds to Duane Morris’ growing corporate practice group on the West Coast and nationally, particularly in the areas of life sciences and technology. He joins Duane Morris from Foley & Lardner LLP, where he was chair of the firm’s Life Sciences Collaborations & Licensing Practice (more…)

Duane Morris is pleased to announce that Jarrett Fugh has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. Fugh’s arrival adds to Duane Morris’ growing Real Estate Practice Group on the West Coast and nationally. He joins Duane Morris from Winston & Strawn (more…)
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Dana S. Treister has joined its Los Angeles office as a shareholder in the Real Estate Practice Group. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Treister was a partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (more…)
Hogan Lovells announced today that Dr. Song Zhu has joined its Intellectual Property practice as a partner in its San Francisco office. Zhu represents multinational, automotive, and technology clients in IP litigation and other matters, particularly in U.S., European, and Chinese markets (more…)

