O’Melveny & Myers LLP announced today that Mark Easton is rejoining the Firm from Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. where he served as Deputy General Counsel. Easton will reside in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office as a partner and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. He also will spend significant time in the Firm’s Century City office working with members of O’Melveny’s Entertainment, Sports and Media Practice Group.

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O’Melveny & Myers LLP announced today that Bruce Tobey, a highly regarded entertainment transactions lawyer with more than a decade of executive experience, has joined the Firm’s Entertainment, Sports and Media Practice. He will reside in the Firm’s Century City office.

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Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of C. Edward Langhammer, Jr., as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Mr. Langhammer will be a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Practice.

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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) continues to expand its presence in Southern California and Washington, D.C., through the recent addition of Kim Tyrrell-Knott, a seasoned health care IT attorney. Tyrrell-Knott joins the Health Care and Life Sciences practice as a Member of the Firm in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices.

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A team of Goodwin Procter attorneys advised Outright, a cloud-based financial management application company, in its recent acquisition by Go Daddy, the world’s largest Web hosting provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Watermark Capital Partners and its real estate investment trust (REIT), Carey Watermark Investors, Inc. in the acquisitions of the Hampton Inn Boston/ Braintree, The Hilton Garden Inn in New Orleans French Quarter/ Central Business District and the acquisition of a 97% interest in Lake Arrowhead Resort & Spa in Lake Arrowhead, California.

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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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