Cooley LLP announced today the opening of itsLos Angeles office with the addition of four prominent LA-based partners. The new office, which will be located in Santa Monica – a vibrant hub for technology, media and venture capital in the Greater Los Angeles region – will complement Cooley’s three existing California offices and be seeded from the outset with the firm’s existing relationships with more than 200 clients in the Los Angeles region. Cooley plans to grow the office aggressively and provide full-service business and litigation legal services to clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies. Cooley is committed to capitalizing on its leading position in the tech, digital and social media markets at a time of increasing and dynamic convergence.

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In a US International Trade Commission (ITC) action brought against client MediaTek Inc, Asia’s largest fabless semiconductor company, a WilmerHale trial team secured a significant victory.

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Foley announced today that Alan E. Friedman has joined the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Foley, Friedman had practiced for over 10 years in Jones Day’s Los Angeles office.

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DLA Piper announced today that Franklin D. Kang has joined the Intellectual Property and Technology and Korea practices as a partner in the Los Angeles office.

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Arent Fox announced today that Michael Zweiback, a former federal prosecutor who was chief of the Los Angeles US Attorney’s Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section and deputy chief of the Los Angeles US Attorney’s office Organized Crime and Terrorism Section, has joined the firm in Los Angeles as a partner in the litigation practice. As a private practice attorney, he has represented individuals and companies in investigations involving health care fraud and securities, antitrust, public corruption and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. Mr. Zweiback has also litigated successfully a broad range of intellectual property cases and is recognized for his deep knowledge of privacy and data security issues.

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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Allen Z. Sussman has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Capital Markets and Corporate Practice Groups. He was previously a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice at Reed Smith LLP in Los Angeles.

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Kevin A. Corbett, a lawyer with more than three decades of experience handling complex real estate matters throughout the U.S., has joined the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner.

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On July 5, 2012, Judge Illston of the Northern District of California denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by Sequenom, Inc. against Irell & Manella client Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.

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Dell and Quest Software announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Dell to acquire Quest, an award-winning IT management software provider offering a broad selection of solutions that solve the most common and most challenging IT problems. Under terms of the agreement, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, Dell will pay $28.00 per share in cash for each share of Quest for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.4 billion, net of Quest’s cash and debt. The transaction is expected to close in Dell’s third fiscal quarter, subject to approval by Quest’s shareholders and customary conditions.

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Simpson Thacher is representing M*Modal Inc. (NASDAQ: MODL) in connection with its announced sale to an affiliate of One Equity Partners for $14.00 per share in an all-cash deal with an enterprise value of approximately $1.1 billion. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets are providing committed debt financing to One Equity Partners. The transaction is structured as a tender offer (followed by a short-form merger) and is expected to close during the third quarter of 2012, pending receipt by the purchaser of sufficient tendered shares to consummate the transaction, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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