Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Nicole P. Dogwill has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Group. Dogwill represents companies in complex and class action litigation involving breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, antitrust, unfair competition/business practices, and related contract and tort claims. She was previously a partner with Winston & Strawn in San Francisco (more…)
Don Buder, a highly experienced transaction lawyer in the food, beverage, and restaurant industries, has joined the San Francisco office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner (more…)
Last week, Judge Susan Illston, the Northern District of California federal judge handling the multi-district litigation (“MDL”), In re TFT-LCD Litigation, issued three orders on defendants’ motions for summary judgment that significantly reduced the damages that numerous direct and indirect purchaser plaintiffs can seek in their individual antitrust opt out actions against liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturers for their role in an alleged flat panel price-fixing cartel operating from 1998 to 2006 (more…)
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Steve Smith has joined the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco Office where he will be part of Jones Day’s Global Disputes Practice. Mr. Smith arrives from the San Francisco office of O’Melveny & Myers, where he was a partner and chair of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice (more…)
Duane H. Mathiowetz has joined the Schiff Hardin LLP San Francisco office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Group from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco (more…)
Erica Wilson, an experienced litigator with a track record of success representing clients in complex patent and other technology-related matters, has joined the expanding IP litigation practice at Davis Wright Tremaine LLC. Wilson joins the firm as a partner in the San Francisco office (more…)
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, represented salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, in leasing an approximately 230,000-square-foot office space at One Rincon in San Francisco. This deal immediately follows salesforce.com’s announcement that they will lease the entirety of a 450,000-square-foot highrise planned for 350 Mission Street and expand their presence in 50 Fremont by another 100,000 square feet (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented middle market private equity firm GI Partners acquire a San Diego data center and office building leased to American Internet Services and San Diego Gas & Electric Co (more…)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. in its initial public offering (“IPO”), making it the first publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) focused on the single-family rental market. The Company raised $245 million in its IPO and its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SBY.” The IPO closed on December 19, 2012 (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised the Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative (PICI) in a pro-bono effort to establish regulations that create a shark sanctuary in the Cook Islands (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented the City of Rialto in securing two settlements worth $4.7 million in cash payments (plus obtaining withdrawal of challenges to an existing additional settlement for $4 million) as well as a binding commitment to clean up contamination from the B.F. Goodrich Superfund Site in San Bernardino County (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented the initial purchasers led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in connection with Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc.’s offering of $100 million of its 8.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2019. The Notes are secured by mortgages on seven hospitals in California and Texas, as well as substantially all of the other assets of Prospect and its subsidiaries (more…)
