Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Epocrates, Inc. in its $293 million sale to athenahealth, Inc., a provider of electronic health records systems. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.
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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is pleased to welcome ten new attorneys to the firm’s New York office. Senior Partner Darrell Whiteley leads a team of ten from Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer to Lewis Brisbois, where they will join the firm’s General Liability Group, focusing on the defense of construction cases under the New York Labor Law. Joining Whiteley as partners in the New York office are Clare Cunningham and Joshua Jemal. Associates Meghan Cavalieri, Thomas Noss, Carolyn Planas, Nadia Del Toro, Gregory Marshall, Jennifer Loyd, and Bridget Coyne round out the team.
Tags: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | New YorkLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is pleased to welcome five new attorneys to our Lafayette office. New partners, Jennifer Michel, Jeffrey Riggs, Danielle Smith, and Tabitha Durbin, and new associate, Jaime Landry, formerly of Preis & Roy PLC, will focus their practice on insurance coverage, marine and energy matters.
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DLA Piper today announced that Courtney Gilligan Saleski has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in the Philadelphia office.
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International legal practice Norton Rose is advising ArcelorMittal in its agreement to sell a 15% interest in its wholly-owned subsidiary, ArcelorMittal Mines Canada, for $1.1 billion to a consortium led by South Korea’s POSCO and Taiwan’s China Steel Corporation.
Tags: Norton Rose FulbrightMichael J. Burke has joined the White Plains, New York office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC as a Member in the firm’s Product Liability Group. He comes to Eckert Seamans from Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP.
Squire Sanders has appointed Steven Norris, formerly partner and national head of Regulated Procurement at DLA Piper, as a partner in its Regulatory practice. Based in Squire Sanders’ Birmingham office, Norris will take a leading role in expanding the firm’s global procurement practice, spending time in London and Washington D.C.
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Davis Polk is advising Shire plc on its acquisition of Lotus Tissue Repair, Inc. Subject to customary government approvals, Shire will purchase Lotus Tissue Repair for an upfront payment and certain contingent payments based on the achievement of certain safety and development milestones.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP served as legal advisor to SunPower Corp. in the sale of its 579-megawatt Antelope Valley Solar Projects (AVSP), two co-located solar power plants in California’s Kern and Los Angeles counties, to MidAmerican Solar.
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