National law firm Wilson Elser is pleased to announce that Bill Hake, founder of Bay Area–based Hake Law, and 15 members of his team, including attorneys, paralegals and staff, have joined the firm’s San Francisco office effective April 1 (more…)

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Cooley LLP announced today that it advised TriNet Group, Inc. on its $276 million initial public offering. TriNet, a cloud-based strategic partner to small and medium sized businesses for payroll, health benefits, employment law compliance and risk reduction, now trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TNET.” (more…)

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Joanne Madden has joined LeClairRyan as a partner on the firm’s Product Liability and Transportation, and Labor and Employment teams. She will be resident in the national law firm’s San Francisco office. (more…)

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LTL is proud to announce the continued expansion of its intellectual property litigation team. Eugene Hahm joins LTL as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property and complex commercial litigation groups, and will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office. (more…)

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Jeffrey S. Bosley, a lawyer with two decades of experience representing clients in labor and employment matters, has joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. (more…)

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Foley announced today that Francis Burke has joined the firm’s Government Enforcement, Compliance and White Collar Defense Practice as a litigation partner in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. (more…)

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Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2014, it is merging with MBV Law LLP.

This move adds seven attorneys to the Fox roster and bolsters its footprint in Northern California. (more…)

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Farella Braun + Martel LLP adds 20-year energy and real estate finance attorney Dirk R. Mueller as a partner in its Renewable Energy & Clean Technologies Practice Group and Real Estate & Land Use Department. (more…)

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DLA Piper represented EdgeCast Networks, a Los Angeles-based content delivery network, in its acquisition by Verizon Digital Media Services. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to customary closing conditions (more…)

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Vedder Price is pleased to announce that Scott H. Olson has joined the firm’s Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights practice group today as a Shareholder in the firm’s San Francisco office. (more…)

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DLA Piper represented ACTIVE Network, a San Diego-based software company, in its $1.05 billion acquisition by Vista Equity Partners, the largest Internet leveraged buyout in 2013 (more…)

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Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to welcome two new litigators to its Sacramento office. Andy Stroud, who joins as a partner, is well-known in civil, commercial and federal litigation, as well as intellectual property litigation. Landon Bailey joins our firm as an associate. In addition, Erin Sedloff joins the San Francisco office as a new litigation associate (more…)

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