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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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Klune Industries, a leader in the manufacturing of aerostructures components, in its sale to Precision Castparts Corp., a worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products.

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The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke announced today that project finance lawyers Paul J. Kaufman and Evelyn Lim will join the firm as partners on August 1 in the Los Angeles office, bolstering Chadbourne’s West Coast project finance capabilities.

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Greenberg Glusker announced today that bankruptcy attorney Brian L. Davidoff and his practice group will join the Firm, effective July 1, 2012. Davidoff will head the Firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group. The attorneys moving with Davidoff include C. John M. Melissinos and Claire E. Shin, who also will join Greenberg Glusker’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group, and Benjamin M. Alexander, who will join Greenberg Glusker’s Corporate Group. All four have practiced at Davidoff Gold LLP since February 2012, and prior thereto practiced at Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff, where Davidoff was Managing Partner.

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, welcomes Dawn Collins and Katessa Charles Davis as shareholders to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Collins joins Ogletree Deakins from Jackson Lewis; and Davis from Steptoe & Johnson LLP. Since January, Ogletree Deakins’ Los Angeles office has grown by nearly 20 percent in response to client demand. Nationally, Ogletree Deakins has added shareholders in the firm’s offices in Atlanta, Denver, New Orleans, New York City, and Philadelphia.

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