Morrison & Foerster LLP represented long-time client Novellus Systems, Inc. in a $3.3 billion merger agreement that will result in the sale of the company to Lam Research Corp (more…)

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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth B. Kim has joined the Firm as an Associate in the Commercial Litigation group.  She will be based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office (more…)

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SNR Denton announced today that it represented Nefsis Corporation in the sale of the company to the Brother Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-quality printing devices for home office and commercial environments (more…)

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Nossaman’s Corporate Practice Group successfully represented Irvine-based Monarch HealthCare in its acquisition by OptumHealth, a unit of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (more…)

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Arnold & Porter LLP and Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC today announced the combination of their two firms, which is expected to be completed by January 1, 2012. The combination substantially expands Arnold & Porter’s West Coast presence and provides Howard Rice’s clients with national and international capabilities and a broader range of services (more…)

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Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Rebecca M. Aragon as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.  Ms. Aragon, formerly chair of the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Venable LLP in Los Angeles, brings more than 20 years of legal experience and will divide her time between the firm’s downtown and Century City offices (more…)

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Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced today that David Stern, a litigation partner with considerable first chair trial experience, has joined the firm in its Los Angeles office. He was previously a partner at Winston & Strawn in L.A. (more…)

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Brown Eassa & McLeod is pleased to announce that Lisa Jones has joined the firm’s Los Angeles Office (more…)

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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Gregory M. Bordo has joined the Firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation group. Mr. Bordo is an experienced trial lawyer who has built his practice over the past 20 years in the areas of business, real estate and trust & estates litigation, and education law. He is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office (more…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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