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Two years after closing the San Francisco office of Dewey & LeBoeuf, the law firm is reopening it in order to provide a home for three intellectual property lawyers defecting from Howrey.They are Henry Bunsow, who will co-chair the entire firm’s IP litigation practice, Denise De Mory and Brian Smith, according to a law firm press release and the San Francisco Business Times.When Dewey closed the San Francisco office in 2009, it asked the 17 lawyers there to move to Silicon Valley, the Business Times article notes. There’s no word on whether any of the 22 lawyers now in the firm’s Silicon Valley office will be returning to the San Francisco office.A lengthy Blog of Legal Times article gives more details, noting among others that Bunsow formerly served as vice chairman of Howrey and that senior patent litigator Joseph Lavelle departed Howrey a few months ago to join the Washington, D.C., office of Dewey & LeBoeuf.Bunsow also has an estimated $20 million book of … [Read more...] about New Dewey San Francisco Office is 2nd Announced in 1 Day to Be Headed by Howrey IP Defector

Megafirm Norton Rose Fulbright announced Thursday that it has hired Sidley Austin’s entire public finance practice group.The group includes six partners, and seven of the lawyers will establish a new San Francisco office for Norton Rose Fulbright—the 3,800-attorney megafirm’s 12th in the U.S. and 53rd worldwide, according to the Recorder (sub. req.) and a law firm news release.“We saw the opportunity to complement and grow the practice by merging with a firm that was geographically more dispersed in areas we just were not in,” partner Eric Tashman, who formerly headed Sidley’s public finance practice on the West Coast, told the legal publication.He said Norton Rose Fulbright had originally sought to recruit one of Sidley’s partners in New York several times in recent years, then the discussion changed over the past few months to include the possibility of recruiting a larger group.The lawyers exiting for Norton Rose Fulbright work in San … [Read more...] about Norton Rose Fulbright raids Sidley for 17-lawyer practice group and opens new San Francisco office

An employment boutique that’s been in the news recently because of its unpaid-internship litigation against big entertainment companies is now opening a third office.Outten & Golden announced Monday that Jahan C. Sagafi, formerly a partner of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, will head its new office in San Francisco. The 36-attorney firm also has offices in New York and Chicago.“The new San Francisco office will represent employees in such transactional and litigation matters in all sectors, especially the financial services and technology sectors,” explains a law firm press release. See also:ABAJournal.com: “Federal judge rules unpaid interns were misclassified employees, certifies class action”ABAJournal.com: “Winning, so far, in trial court, Hearst wants 2nd Circuit to clarify intern issue after new ruling”ABAJournal.com: “Conde Nast ends internship program; two former interns claimed labor violations in pending … [Read more...] about Outten & Golden opens a San Francisco office, plans to help workers sue financial and tech companies

In November 2017, the complaint said, the officer was on patrol when a colleague told him: "I want to get guns, and the only people who have guns are blacks and Hispanics. The department doesn't like us to make judgments like that, but if I see a black person behind the wheel of the vehicle, I'll pull the car over and figure out my probable cause later." … [Read more...] about San Francisco officer alleges ‘blatant racism’ in Police Department

Blank Rome is opening a San Francisco office and expanding its Los Angeles and New York offices with the addition of 21 lawyers from two law firms.The lawyers jumping to Blank Rome are from the California-based firms Finestone & Richter and Margolis & Tisman, according to a press release. The change is effective on Feb. 1.Blank Rome chairman Alan Hoffman says in the press release that the new lawyers “bring an impressive amount of corporate M&A, corporate litigation, labor and employment, banking, real estate, and trusts and estates experience to the firm’s practices in these areas, as well as Chinese and Korean language capability.”Margolis & Tisman lists 13 lawyers on its website; all but one are joining Blank Rome. Finestone & Richter lists 11 attorneys; all but two are joining Blank Rome. … [Read more...] about Blank Rome adds 21 lawyers from two firms, opens San Francisco office