Rebecca Cohen

April 21, 2017 | The Recorder

The marijuana vending machine startup Medbox Inc. got smoked last month by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the cannabis company of filing sham earnings reports. It was the latest in a series of setbacks for Medbox, now called Notis Global Inc., and its growing ranks of lawyer-owners.

By Rebecca Cohen

19 minute read

April 19, 2017 |

Troy Zander, a venture debt finance partner at DLA Piper in Silicon Valley and San Diego, is headed to Cooley. Zander served as an office managing partner in San Diego for DLA Piper, which has two offices in the city. Litigation partner Jesse Hindman also recently left DLA Piper in San Diego to start his own shop.

By Rebecca Cohen

85 minute read

April 19, 2017 | The Recorder

Troy Zander, a venture debt finance partner at DLA Piper in Silicon Valley and San Diego, is headed to Cooley. Zander served as an office managing partner in San Diego for DLA Piper, which has two offices in the city. Litigation partner Jesse Hindman also recently left DLA Piper in San Diego to start his own shop.

By Rebecca Cohen

3 minute read

April 12, 2017 |

Having finally opened a New York office almost a year ago, the Silicon Valley stalwart has hired Foley & Lardner partner Jeffrey Greene to bolster its base in the Big Apple. Greene served as vice chair of his former firm's department.

By Rebecca Cohen

16 minute read

April 12, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Having finally opened a New York office almost a year ago, the Silicon Valley stalwart has hired Foley & Lardner partner Jeffrey Greene to bolster its base in the Big Apple. Greene served as vice chair of his former firm's department.

By Rebecca Cohen

3 minute read

April 10, 2017 |

The Am Law 100 firm, which has been busy this year increasing its services for Asia-based clients, hired Nancy Yamaguchi as a corporate and technology transactions partner in San Francisco. Yamaguchi most recently served as a partner and global head of technology at Withers Bergman, a firm she joined in 2014.

By Rebecca Cohen

70 minute read

April 10, 2017 | The Recorder

The Am Law 100 firm, which has been busy this year increasing its services for Asia-based clients, hired Nancy Yamaguchi as a corporate and technology transactions partner in San Francisco. Yamaguchi most recently served as a partner and global head of technology at Withers Bergman, a firm she joined in 2014.

By Rebecca Cohen

70 minute read

April 09, 2017 |

The tech bubble may have burst more than 15 years ago, but large law firms are still taking equity stakes in startup companies that they help bring to market.

By Rebecca Cohen

80 minute read

April 09, 2017 | The Recorder

The tech bubble may have burst more than 15 years ago, but large law firms are still taking equity stakes in startup companies that they help bring to market.

By Rebecca Cohen

80 minute read

April 06, 2017 |

Jackson Lewis has brought on litigation partner Kristopher Badame in Irvine, California, from his own plaintiffs' shop in nearby Lake Forest. Badame, who coaches amateur hockey in his spare time, will transition his practice to doing corporate defense work at his new firm.

By Rebecca Cohen

29 minute read