Michelman & Robinson, LLP (M&R), a national business law firm, today announced that a group of five intellectual property (IP) attorneys led by veteran IP litigator Jan Weir has joined the firm in its Orange County office. Four of the lawyers arrive from the Orange County office of K&L Gates. (more…)

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Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP), a highly acclaimed California and
Nevada law firm, is pleased to announce that Lane E. Webb has joined the firm’s San Diego
office as a partner. (more…)

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International law firm Proskauer today announced the arrival of two nationally acclaimed litigators, Bart Williams and Manuel Cachán, as partners in its Los Angeles office. They will become members of Proskauer’s Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense & Investigations and Sports Law Practice Groups. Mr. Williams will become the co-chair of Proskauer’s Los Angeles Litigation practice. (more…)

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Fisher & Phillips LLP, a labor and employment law firm representing employers, announces the opening of a new office in Sacramento, helmed by Alden Parker, who joins as the regional managing partner. He is joined by Katherine Sandberg, an associate. Both attorneys were with the firm Weintraub Tobin. (more…)

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Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Brad Wolf has joined the firm as a commercial finance partner in the Orange County office. He joins the firm from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. (more…)

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Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP), a highly acclaimed California and
Nevada law firm, is pleased to announce that Steven L. Hammond has joined the firm’s San
Francisco office as a partner. (more…)

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McGuireWoods continues the strategic expansion of its nationally recognized financial services litigation practice with the addition of partners Marc A. Lackner, a former head of Bank of America’s mortgage litigation group, and Carolee A. Hoover in the firm’s new San Francisco office. (more…)

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Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that intellectual property lawyer Troy Schmelzer has joined the global law firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. He comes to Norton Rose Fulbright from DLA Piper. (more…)

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Continuing the trend of growing its corporate practice in California, Nixon Peabody has further expanded its West Coast M&A and Corporate Transactions practice with the arrival of partner Jinjian Huang to its San Francisco office. (more…)

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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce the addition of Jonathan Bloch as a shareholder in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Bloch brings an unparalleled depth of experience, knowledge and relationships to Brownstein’s corporate practice group. He represents corporations, investors and entrepreneurs in business and real estate transactions, representing developers and sponsors with respect to all aspects of EB-5 development projects across the country. Bloch is joining Brownstein from Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell in Los Angeles. (more…)

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David S. Reidy, a leading financial services litigator with a cutting-edge practice advising financial technology companies, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in the San Francisco office. (more…)

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in connection with the registered public offering by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) of $3.5 billion aggregate principal amount of additional notes over three tranches with maturities ranging from 5 to 30 years. The additional notes constituted a reopening of the $12 billion aggregate principal amount of notes initially issued on February 23, 2016, increasing the aggregate principal amount of the series to $15.5 billion. The net proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes, including repurchases of common stock and payment of dividends under Apple’s program to return capital to shareholders, funding for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and repayment of debt. (more…)

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