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NorCal Firm Archer Norris to Close in Mid-October

Xiumei Dong | August 17, 2018

Archer Norris, a roughly 70-lawyer firm based in the East Bay with three other offices throughout California, is poised to close its doors.

Quick Takes

On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

Pearl Wu | August 17, 2018

Partner moves in the California legal market.

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Wilson Sonsini Welcomes Back a Handful of Ex-Lawyers

Xiumei Dong | August 16, 2018

The high-powered firm's technology transactions group has received a boost from several alums.

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Perkins Coie Recruits 2 Big Law Partners for Bay Area Growth

Xiumei Dong | August 15, 2018

Perkins Coie has added emerging companies and venture capital partner Matt Oshinsky and corporate finance partner R. Bruce Steinert Jr. to its offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, respectively.

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Reed Smith Snags Sidley’s Ex-LA Corporate, Finance Head

Xiumei Dong | August 14, 2018

Moshe Kupietzky, who previously led the firm’s Los Angeles corporate and finance practice, has joined Reed Smith’s Century City office as senior counsel.

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4 Firms Handling Elon Musk's Effort to Take Tesla Private

Xiumei Dong | August 14, 2018

Wachtell; Munger Tolles; Latham & Watkins; and Wilson Sonsini are advising on a bid to take the electric car maker private. Paul Weiss has also been hired by Tesla's board to advise on an SEC inquiry.

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Loeb & Loeb Opens First San Francisco Office

Xiumei Dong | August 14, 2018

The Los Angeles-based firm will set up shop in the Bay Area after adding a six-lawyer trusts and estates team from Cooley.

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Squire Patton Boggs Acquires Silicon Valley-Based IP Boutique

Xiumei Dong | August 13, 2018

For the third time in three years, the global legal giant has absorbed a smaller firm in the Bay Area.

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Coblentz Taps MoFo for 3-Lawyer Real Estate Team

Xiumei Dong | August 10, 2018

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass has brought on a real estate and land use team in San Francisco led by partners David Gold, Miles Imwalle and Megan Jennings.

Quick Takes

On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

Pearl Wu | August 10, 2018

New hires in the California legal market.

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Law Firms Looking to Game the New Tax Law? Think Again

Meredith Hobbs | August 10, 2018

Licensing spinoffs? Partnerships of associates? The IRS and Treasury Department anticipated how law firms might try to take advantage of Trump's tax reforms—and said no way.

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Goodwin Procter Lands Life Sciences Pro in Silicon Valley

Xiumei Dong | August 09, 2018

The firm has added Shane Albright, a former partner at Cooley, DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells, who specializes in transactional work for the biopharmaceutical and medical sectors.

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Whistleblower Plaintiff Loses Bid to Toss Arbitration Award Based on Defense Lawyer Joining JAMS

Ross Todd | August 08, 2018

A federal judge in Oakland has turned back a whistleblower's request to toss an arbitration award that was based in part on the fact that the defendant's lead lawyer at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe joined JAMS while the case was pending.

Commentary

As California Burns, PG&E Taps Cravath, Wilson Sonsini and Quinn to Contain Massive Liability

Jenna Greene | August 08, 2018

Once again, California is burning—and the potential liability for Pacific Gas & Electric is reaching staggering proportions.

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Fenwick Helps Former Wilson Sonsini Lawyer Take Smart Speaker Startup Public

Xiumei Dong | August 07, 2018

The firm reaped at least $1.35 million in legal fees and expenses from a recent IPO by Sonos Inc.

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Goldberg Segalla Opens 2nd Calif. Outpost With Workers' Comp Group

Xiumei Dong | August 06, 2018

The Buffalo-based firm's new outpost is staffed by five workers' compensation specialists and boasts ties to major league sports—including 108 games played in the NFL.

Quick Takes

On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

Pearl Wu | August 06, 2018

New hires, awards and promotions in the California legal community.

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LeClairRyan Lands Patent Prosecution Group Led by 2 Yangs

Xiumei Dong | August 03, 2018

Less than a year after FisherBroyles absorbed their small boutique, Ntellect Law, Charles and John Yang have left the cloud-based firm to join LeClairRyan in Sacramento.

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Covington Adds Environmental Law Expert From Paul Hastings

Xiumei Dong | August 02, 2018

Kevin Poloncarz, a former leader of the climate-change practices at Farella Braun + Martel and Bingham McCutchen, has joined Covington & Burling in San Francisco.

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Morgan Lewis Welcomes Aboard Wilmer Corporate Duo

Xiumei Dong | August 01, 2018

Eric Hwang and Christopher Rose, who have twice previously made lateral moves together, now have their third move to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

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Perkins Coie’s China, Funds Leader Returns to Wilson Sonsini

Xiumei Dong | July 31, 2018

James Jensen has returned to the firm he left back in 2005.

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In Wake of Gender Bias Allegations, Women Partners Head for the Doors at Ogletree Deakins

Miriam Rozen | July 31, 2018

The national labor and employment firm facing a $300 million gender bias suit filed in the Northern District of California has seen a string of female partners leave—including several in California.

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Cozen O’Connor Welcomes Snell & Wilmer Practice Leader in LA

Xiumei Dong | July 31, 2018

Susan Grueneberg, a veteran franchise law attorney in California, has joined Cozen O’Connor to head the fast-growing firm's global franchise practice.

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Litigation Funding Giant Adds Another Ex-Latham Partner to Its Ranks

Xiumei Dong | July 30, 2018

Andy Lundberg, who retired from Latham & Watkins late last year, has joined Burford Capital Ltd. in Los Angeles. The former Latham practice leader joins several former colleagues at the litigation financier.

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Kobre & Kim Partners With Bentham on $30M Fund Aimed at Litigating Claims for Israeli Start-Ups

Dan Packel | July 30, 2018

San Francisco-based Kobre & Kim intellectual property litigator Michael Ng said that though the firm embraces litigation financing the deal with Bentham is the first of its kind for the firm.

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Brent Hawkins Joins 7-Partner IP Team Joining Morgan Lewis From McDermott

Lizzy McLellan | July 30, 2018

The San Francisco- and Silicon Valley-based partner was part of a move that included partners in Chicago and Washington. More lawyers and staff are expected to follow.

Slideshow Ranking News

The 6 Powerhouse California Firms on The American Lawyer's A-List

Xiumei Dong | July 27, 2018

The A-List formula aims to rank the most successful firms in the United States based on a combination of financial and cultural factors: revenue per lawyer, pro bono commitment, associate satisfaction and racial and gender diversity, with RPL and pro bono given double weight.

Quick Takes

On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

Pearl Wu | July 27, 2018

New hires in the California legal market.

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Greenberg Traurig's Calif. Growth Continues With 2 New Hires

Xiumei Dong | July 27, 2018

The Am Law 100 firm has recruited a pair of partners in two cities from Squire Patton Boggs and the in-house world.

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For Tintri, Wilson Sonsini Was There at the Beginning and the End

Xiumei Dong | July 26, 2018

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati was at Tintri Inc.'s side last summer when the flash storage company went public. Now, a little more than a year later, the firm is representing its client in bankruptcy court.

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Fenwick Fuels NY Expansion With Media, Technology Hire

Xiumei Dong | July 25, 2018

After nearly a dozen years at Davis & Gilbert, Vejay Lalla is headed to Fenwick & West.

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Crowell DQ Based on Short-Tenured E-Discovery Lawyer Reversed by Appellate Court

Ross Todd | July 25, 2018

The Fourth District Court of Appeal held that Crowell & Moring shouldn't suffer "vicarious disqualification" because an attorney the firm hired, who has subsequently left, once did work for its litigation opponent.

Q&A

Greenberg Glusker: Leveraging the One-Office Platform

Lizzy McLellan | July 25, 2018

A Q&A with Bob Baradaran, the managing partner of Century City-based, 100-lawyer law firm Greenberg Glusker.

Ranking

The Recorder's Best of 2018

Wayne Curtis, Group Publisher | July 24, 2018

Announcing The Recorder's twelfth annual "Best of" supplement, recognizing the go-to vendors for California lawyers and firm administrators.

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Seyfarth Nabs Norton Rose Fulbright Labor Law Litigator in LA

Xiumei Dong | July 24, 2018

A little more than four years after joining the global legal giant, John Yslas is now headed to a national firm known for its labor and employment expertise.

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Perkins Coie Adds Emerging Companies Expert in Silicon Valley

Xiumei Dong | July 23, 2018

After more than a half-dozen years at Dorsey & Whitney, Adrian Rich is leaving the firm for new digs in Palo Alto.

Quick Takes

On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

Pearl Wu | July 23, 2018

New hires, awards and promotions in the California legal market.

Analysis

When It Comes to Cyber Insurance, Law Firms Are Under-Educated and Overexposed

Shawn Moynihan Shawn Moynihan | July 23, 2018

Legal professionals have a lot to learn about digital threats they and their clients face, why they need cyber insurance, and how to get it.

Analysis News

The NLJ 500: Top 5 California Cities

Xiumei Dong | July 20, 2018

A look at the top five cities for lawyers in California, according to the annual NLJ 500 head count report.

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Sheppard Mullin Snags M&A Co-Head From Manatt Phelps

Xiumei Dong | July 19, 2018

Two months after raiding Manatt, Phelps & Phillips for its former private equity and venture capital leader, Sheppard Mullin has returned to the firm for another notable partner in Los Angeles.

Analysis

Cosby Defamation Cases Reach SCOTUS, Offer Possible Look at Lawyers’ Free Speech Rights

Tony Mauro | July 19, 2018

The cases, including one challenging a California Court of Appeal decision, are drawing interest since the justices have not recently taken up disputes over libel and defamation, a part of First Amendment doctrine that is well-settled.

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Papa John's Founder Hires High-Profile Litigator for Cheesy Boardroom Battle

Xiumei Dong | July 18, 2018

Los Angeles trial lawyer Patricia Glaser has been hired by John Schnatter as he fights against his removal from the pizza chain’s board of directors due to his use of a racial slur during a media training session.

Expert Opinion

Make Good Billing Practices a Habit

Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | July 18, 2018

While attorneys will of course typically communicate via other methods, sending regular bills is an easy way to make sure that the client is aware of the developments in a matter and, more specifically, the amount of work being performed by the attorney.

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Mayer Brown Adds Berry Appleman Lawyer for Bay Area Growth

Xiumei Dong | July 17, 2018

Berry Appleman & Leiden, which recently finalized a landmark partnership with global accounting giant Deloitte, has watched a lawyer leave its ranks for the Am Law 100 firm.

Quick Takes

O’Melveny Adds Life Sciences M&A Partner in San Francisco

Meghan Tribe | July 16, 2018

Latham & Watkins counsel Geoffrey Kuziemko jumped to O'Melveny.

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DLA Piper Poaches McDermott’s Trade Secrets Head

Xiumei Dong | July 16, 2018

The global legal giant, which has watched McDermott Will & Emery robustly recruit from its ranks this year, has returned the favor by bringing aboard the firm's former trade secrets head as a partner in Los Angeles.

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In Howrey Appeal, ABA Tells Court Firms Have No Claim to 'Unfinished Business'

Scott Flaherty | July 16, 2018

In an amicus brief in a case that the Ninth Circuit referred to the D.C. Court of Appeals, the country's largest bar group said dissolved law firms should not be able to claim a property stake in unfinished client matters that travel with a partner to a new firm.

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Former Drinker Biddle Class Action Vice Chair Michael Stortz Joins 5-Partner Move to Akin Gump

Lizzy McLellan | July 16, 2018

The bicoastal group includes Drinker's Philadelphia-based litigation chair and a former managing partner of the firm in addition to Stortz, who is based in San Francisco.

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Manatt Adds 3 Cybersecurity, Privacy Experts in California

Xiumei Dong | July 13, 2018

The Los Angeles-based firm has bolstered its privacy and data security group with three experts, including one lawyer.

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Kilpatrick, Polsinelli Boost Bay Area Presence With IP Hires

Xiumei Dong | July 12, 2018

The two Am Law 100 firms have made a batch of new intellectual property hires in California, with at least one lawyer switching from one firm to the other, and another firm closing up shop in the region entirely.

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