Firm and Provider News

  • Tuesday, May 31, 2011
    Stradley Ronon has added former DLA Piper attorney Alycia M. Vivona to its mergers & acquisitions practice group. Joining Ted Segal, who came from DLA Piper to Stradley Ronon in January as chair of its M&A practice group, Vivona is the second significant addition to the group this year. With more than 17 years of experience practicing transactional...
  • Tuesday, May 31, 2011
    Datacert, Inc. has announced that Passport, its patent-pending technology platform for consolidating andintegrating legal applications, is a Stevie®Award finalist in the New Product or Service of the Year - Computer Software category in the 2011 American Business Awards. Since Passport was launched in September 2010, it has experienced rapid market...
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Proskauer announced the continued expansion of its capital markets practice and securities regulatory capabilities with the addition of Partner Frank Zarb in Washington, DC, who brings a wealth of public and private sector experience to the firm's multidisciplinary platform.
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Richard Nathan, principal at accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron LLP (MP&S), has been appointed to the Board of the New Jersey Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMCNJ) and will serve as its vice president. Mr. Nathan is also president and founder of Tailored Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MP&S that provides...
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Evidence Exchange has announced that it has been selected as one of kCura's first recipients of the Relativity Best in Service award in 2011. The Relativity Best in Service program recognizes those Relativity partners that are providing the best experience and highest levels of service and support to their customers. The Best in Service program establishes...
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. has announced that David I. Rosen, formerly of Littler Mendelson, joined the Firm and will be heading up the Employment and Labor Practice Group.He has practiced employment and labor law on behalf of management clients since 1977.
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Patrick C. Dunican Jr., chairman and managing director of Gibbons P.C., will be honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award at the Seton Hall Law School Annual Alumni Dinner Dance on April 29, 2011, at the Hilton at Short Hills.
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Jones Day is advising Texas Instruments Incorporated in its acquisition of National Semiconductor Corporation for $6.5 billion. The acquisition combines two industry leaders in analog computers.
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    ZyLAB has announced the release of its state-of-the-art ZyLAB Audio Search Bundle, a desktop software product used to quickly identify relevant audio clips from multimedia files and from ubiquitous business tools such as fixed-line telephone, VOIP, mobile, and specialist platforms like Skype or MSN Live. The intuitive software enables technical and non-...
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP has announced that R. Blake Chisam has joined the firm as a partner based in Washington, D.C., to lead its Professional Practice and Government Relations Group. Mr. Chisam was previously Senior Counsel to the Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    King & Spalding advised AMB Property Corporation in the formation of a ¤470 million (US $648 million) Luxembourg-based joint venture with Allianz Real Estate to acquire, own and operate logistics real estate tied to global trade and located in major seaport, airport and distribution markets in the eurozone.
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Fish & Richardson has announced that Ann Cathcart Chaplin, a member of the firm's Management Committee and the managing principal of the firm's Twin Cities office, has been named Litigation Practice Group Leader. In her new role, Cathcart Chaplin will be responsible for business and marketing strategies for the firm's premier patent litigation and...
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RR Donnelley) has announced that it has acquired Journalism Online, LLC and its Press+ offering which enables publishers to seamlessly integrate an innovative paid content engine with their websites. Journalism Online's Press+ system supports publishers as they offer audiences a mix of free and subscription-based premium...
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP served as co-counsel to the Legal Aid Society in a successful bid to temporarily block New York City from ending a program that provides rent subsidies to formerly homeless families.
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    For the fourth year in a row, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has been named to The National Law Journal's "Appellate Hot List." In selecting firms for inclusion on the Appellate Hot List, the NLJ sought out firms that demonstrated "exemplary, cutting-edge appellate advocacy" and made "singular contributions to appellate practice during the past...
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    McCarter & English has announcedthat patent attorney Dr. Steven G. Davis has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property/Information Technology Practice.
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Lowenstein Sandler is bolstering its thriving New York corporate practice with the addition of mergers and acquisitions lawyer Marita A. Makinen as a Member of the Firm. Her arrival follows hot on the heels of an eight-person IP team that joined Lowenstein's Palo Alto office last week, and a seven-strong white collar group led by renowned litigator Ike...
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Stradley Ronon attorney Deborah Hong was named to the Philadelphia Business Journal's 2011 "40 Under 40." This award recognizes the leading 40 individuals in the Philadelphia area under the age of 40 who are proven performers in their respective industries and communities. Hong will be recognized on May 24, 2011 in Philadelphia along with the other award...
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is expanding its national presence by mergingwith White O'Connor Fink & Brenner LLP, a highly respected Los Angeles litigation firm best known for its success in complex business and entertainment industry litigation.
  • Monday, May 2, 2011
    Stradley Ronon attorney Deborah Hong was named to the Philadelphia Business Journal's 2011 "40 Under 40." This award recognizes the leading 40 individuals in the Philadelphia area under the age of 40 who are proven performers in their respective industries and communities.
  • Sunday, April 3, 2011
    Workshare has announced that it has been awarded Microsoft Certified Gold ISV Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. A Microsoft Gold partner since 2005, Workshare has once again achieved the highest level of Microsoft certification as a Gold ISV partner and met the new, even more rigorous, Microsoft Partner Program requirements.
  • Sunday, April 3, 2011
    Document Driver is part of Goodwin Procter's Founder's Workbench and is available at no charge as part of Goodwin Procter's ongoing commitment to start-ups, emerging companies, and the entrepreneurial community, Founder's Workbench provides access to critical forms, memoranda, best practices and other resources to enable capital efficient company formation...
  • Sunday, April 3, 2011
    Federal regulators are hard at work implementing the Dodd-Frank Act, last year's colossal overhaul of the U.S. financial system. As a result, a number of industries are preparing for fundamental changes in the way they conduct their businesses. Perhaps most striking is Dodd-Frank's intended transformation of consumer financial services regulation. In...
  • Sunday, April 3, 2011
    McCarter & English has appointed partner Catherine A. Mohan as Treasurer of the firm, effective February 1, 2011. Ms. Mohan is the first woman to hold this position at McCarter. A founding partner of the firm's Hartford office - established 10 years ago this month - Mohan has been an attorney for 25 years. As Firm Treasurer, Mohan also assumes the role...
  • Sunday, April 3, 2011
    For the third year in a row, Gibbons P.C. is ranked the #1 lawyer-lobbying firm in New Jersey, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, which has just released its report on 2010 lobbying expenditures in the state. Gibbons also ranked fifth among all contract lobbying firms in New Jersey.