Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Craig B. Etlin and Peter Aitelli have joined the firm as partners in the real estate group (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes innovative biopharmaceuticals for serious diseases and medical conditions, in connection with its underwritten offering of 6,500,000 shares of common stock (more…)

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LeClairRyan is pleased to announce the addition of four new employees to its San Francisco office. Joining the firm as shareholders in the corporate and tax practices are Bridget McInerney Harris and L. Randolph Harris. D. Karen Maready joins as an associate, along with legal assistant Georgina M. De Brito, in the same practices. All were formerly with Cooper, White & Cooper LLP (more…)

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Farella Braun + Martel announced today that its client Zep Solar has reached a confidential settlement in its multi-year patent infringement dispute with Westinghouse Solar (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling is representing VMware, Inc. in its definitive agreement to acquire Wanova, Inc (more…)

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Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP is pleased to announce that Paul S. Jasper has joined the Firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Business Services Department, and the Corporate & Finance and Creditors’ Rights & Business Restructuring Practice Groups (more…)

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Margaret A. Keane, formerly a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, has joined Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, as a shareholder in its San Francisco office (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank as joint bookrunning managers in connection with Amgen’s registered offering of $3 billion of investment grade notes, consisting of $1.25 billion of 2.125% senior notes due 2017, $750 million of 3.625% senior notes due 2022 and $1 billion of 5.375% senior notes due 2043 (more…)

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We are pleased to announce that Dan Wheeler has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco offices. He will practice with the firm’s Banking Client Service Group (more…)

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Hogan Lovells announced today that it has further expanded its presence in Silicon Valley with the addition of insurance litigator Vanessa Wells as a partner in the Litigation, Arbitration and Employment practice (more…)

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Michael J. Lotito, a nationally-recognized labor and employment attorney and former Jackson Lewis partner, has joined Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, as a shareholder in its San Francisco office (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling is advising Symphony Technology Group in its acquisition of Source Healthcare Analytics from Wolters Kluwer N.V. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed (more…)

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