Law Firms
Yahoo Picks Up Tumblr for $1.1B
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is advising Yahoo Inc. on the onetime Internet leader's largest acquisition in a decade: the $1.1 billion purchase of New York-based blogging and social media platform...
Kirkland Reps S.F.'s Vista on $906M Buy of Software Maker
Two private equity deals and a strategic buy by the world's largest consulting firm are helping Kirkland & Ellis continue its surge up the M&A league tables. Kirkland, the subject of a...
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Kasowitz Launches Los Angeles Office
Three years ago, Robin Cohen had lofty goals when she joined Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman from Dickstein Shapiro, including a plan to double to 60 the number of attorneys in her new firm's...
Sheppard Adds to Valley Office
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has added a corporate partner to its Silicon Valley office. Jung Son joined the firm Thursday from Technology Crossover Ventures, where she was...
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New Director Named at Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO — The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley has tapped longtime attorney Alison Brunner to serve as its next executive director. Brunner has spent 17 years at the foundation, which...
Fenwick Sets Course for China
SAN FRANCISCO — Fenwick & West has hired a corporate partner to lay the groundwork for an office in China — the firm's first overseas. With the help of Eva Wang from Covington &...
Howrey Trustee Targets More Firms
SAN FRANCISCO — The Howrey estate has slapped three more law firms with unfinished business claims — an important source of recovery for bankrupt firms and a headache for many solvent ones....
Kasowitz Makes Silicon Valley Hire
SAN FRANCISCO — Patent litigator Steven Carlson is leaving Fish & Richardson to lead the Silicon Valley office of Kasowitz. Carlson, who fields disputes involving patents and trade secrets,...
Boutique Includes Bratz Trial Winner, Manatt Refugees
Jennifer Keller, the attorney who won an $88.5 million verdict against Mattel Inc. in the battle over the Bratz doll, has teamed up with three former partners at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips to...
Wilson Helps Trulia Buy Market Leader for $355 Million
SAN FRANCISCO — Shortly after taking Trulia public, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has helped the online real estate search company strike a deal to buy software company Market Leader for...
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Courts News
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Criminal
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- Judge OKs 'Stingray' Tracking
- Court Tries to Untangle Expert's Conflicting Duties
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Government & Policy
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- Bar to Raise Legal Aid Funds with Opt-Out Surcharge
- Governor Jumps Into Prop 65 Fray
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In-House
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People
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