Fenwick & West LLP, a leading technology and life sciences law firm, is pleased to announce that Jake Handy, a highly-regarded life sciences technology transactions attorney, has joined the firm as a partner (more…)
Farella Braun + Martel advised Napa-based The Doctors Company, the country’s largest insurer of physician and surgeon medical professional liability, in its $362 purchase of FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FPIC), a major provider of health care liability insurance in Florida, Texas, Georgia and Arkansas (more…)
Nagendra (Nick) Setty has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as co-chair of the firm’s 70 attorney IP practice group. He will reside in the firm’s Palo Alto and San Francisco offices. Setty joins from Fish & Richardson, where he founded and was managing principal of its Atlanta office and resided part-time in its Silicon Valley office. Setty follows Stephen S. Korniczky, co-chair of Sheppard Mullin’s IP practice, who joined last year from Paul Hastings, where he was global chair of its IP practice group (more…)
Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that Stephen K. Cassidy has joined the firm as a Partner in the Real Estate section. Steve’s practice will focus on land use and real estate law. He will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office (more…)
Today, Judge Raymond A. Jackson of the Eastern District of Virginia awarded supplemental damages, bringing the historic jury verdict obtained by Morgan Lewis on behalf of San Jose-based ActiveVideo Networks (AVN) against Verizon to nearly $140 Million (more…)
Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to welcome two new partners to its ranks, Robert A. McFarlane and William E. Adams. Rob is a registered patent attorney whose practice will focus on patent litigation and intellectual property disputes, and Bill’s practice will focus on complex business disputes. Rob will be based in San Francisco and Bill in the firm’s recently opened Walnut Creek office (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Neighborhood Parks Council, an advocate for sustainable parks, in its merger with San Francisco Park Trust, an organization to enhance and protect parks (more…)
Ms. Bitseff is an experienced ERISA lawyer regarded as a leading authority on HIPAA, COBRA, and health plan compliance. She provides representation and counsel on health benefits, pension plans, and other forms of compensation and employee benefits (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Holly House has joined the Antitrust and Global Competition practice in San Francisco as partner. Ms. House, a high-profile antitrust litigator with a leading market reputation, joins from Bingham McCutchen LLP, where she was co-chair of the firm’s antitrust and trade regulation practice group (more…)
Jennifer Frasier Hayes recently joined Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP as special counsel to the firm’s Bankruptcy / Insolvency practice group. Ms. Hayes will work out of the firm’s San Francisco office (more…)
Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce Kevin Heneghan, experienced political and election law attorney, joins the firm as partner in the firm’s Government Group. Kevin specializes in advising business entities, candidates, elected officials, labor unions, trade associations, and independent expenditure committees on a wide range of campaign finance, lobbying and governmental ethics law issues. He will be based in San Francisco and will head up the firm’s Political and Election Law team (more…)
Sheppard Mullin represented New Wave Media Inc., the owner of the AdoTube™ online video advertising network and provider of proprietary in-stream video ad solutions, including Polite Pre-Roll®, In-Stream Skins and Takeovers and Branded and Interactive Overlays, in its completed merger with Exponential Interactive, Inc., the owner of global online advertising provider Tribal Fusion and engagement video solution Firefly Video (more…)
