Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC is pleased to announce that Gina Staudacher has joined the firm. She will practice out of the firm’s Royal Oak Office.
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Adler Pollock & Sheehan Announces New Office Location
Adler Pollock & Sheehan has opened a new office in Newport, RI. The office is located at 49 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840. Our phone number is (401) 847-1919.
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V&E Secures Major Trial Victory for ITOCHU International Inc. and MedSurg Specialty Devices, Inc.
Vinson & Elkins LLP played a substantial role in winning a jury trial for client ITOCHU International Inc. and its subsidiary MedSurg Specialty Devices, Inc. in a case involving a $70 million claim for breach of a distribution contract and MedSurg’s counterclaim for unpaid sales commissions. On May 31, 2013, after a nine-day trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, ITOCHU and MedSurg won a full defense verdict on plaintiff’s breach of contract claim, and MedSurg won a full award of unpaid commissions.
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Faegre Baker Daniels to Expand Operations to Silicon Valley
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP is expanding its operations to Silicon Valley effective July 1, 2013. The office, which will be located at 1950 University Circle in Palo Alto, Calif., is being opened by intellectual property partners Calvin L. Litsey and David J.F. Gross, both of whom are relocating from the firm’s Minneapolis office.
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Kerin Cantwell Joins Dechert’s Corporate Practice as Partner in Los Angeles
Global specialist law firm Dechert LLP announced today that Kerin Cantwell has joined the firm as a partner in the corporate practice. Known for her experience in the energy sector, Cantwell was most recently a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. She will be resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
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Williams Mullen Adds Veteran Technology Attorney J. Robert Tyler to Corporate Law Practice
Williams Mullen is pleased to announce that experienced technology attorney J. Robert “Rob” Tyler III has joined the firm as a Partner in the Corporate and Private Equity law practice.
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Akin Gump Advises Summit Midstream Partners’ Conflicts Committee in Shale Acquisitions
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is advising the conflicts committee of Summit Midstream Partners in the purchase of two separate natural gas gathering systems.
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Hogan Lovells Expands Litigation and International Arbitration Capabilities with Three Partners
Hogan Lovells today announced the addition of three partners from Chadbourne & Parke to its Litigation and Arbitration practice. Oliver J. Armas, the co-head of Chadbourne & Parke’s International Arbitration Group, and Phoebe A. Wilkinson, the co-head of Chadbourne’s Product Liability Group, will join Hogan Lovells’ New York office. Luis Enrique Graham, a prominent litigation and arbitration practitioner, will be resident in Mexico City, with a significant presence in New York.
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McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announces the addition of Michael Durkee to the firm’s Real Estate Land Use practice in California. Based in San Francisco, Durkee is experienced in in the creation and implementation of complex entitlement strategies, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), planning and zoning laws, the Subdivision Map Act, negotiation of development agreements and government relations, all of which will complement the highly acclaimed MLA team of land use attorneys, who were among the first in California to focus on and develop the area of land use law.
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Goodwin Advises MAA on $8.6B Merger with Colonial Properties Trust
Goodwin Procter recently advised MAA, a Memphis-based real estate investment trust (REIT), on its announced merger with Colonial Properties Trust. The combined company, operating under the MAA name and trading on the NYSE under the symbol “MAA”, will have a market capitalization of $8.6 billion and will be the second largest publicly traded REIT portfolio of owned apartments with 85,000 multifamily units. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2013 and is subject to customary closing conditions.
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