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Xiumei Dong

Xiumei Dong

Xiumei Dong covers the business of law from the West Coast. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @XiumeiDong.

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November 06, 2018 | The Recorder

Another Gunderson Partner Jumps to Goodwin Procter

Silicon Valley-based capital markets partner Heidi Mayon said her later-stage company clients would be better served at Goodwin.

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3 minute read

November 05, 2018 | The Recorder

Womble Adds PTAB Pro Brent Babcock From Knobbe Martens

After 26 years at a homegrown Orange County IP powerhouse, Babcock is taking his practice to a firm that didn't exist before last year.

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3 minute read

November 05, 2018 | The Recorder

Legal Industry 'Hackathon' Awards Ideas for Combating Bias, Promoting Diversity

An app to help overcome implicit bias was the winning pitch at the Diversity Lab's second Diversity in Law Hackathon, held in San Francisco.

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4 minute read

November 02, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Ex-Quinn Emanuel Technologist, Rocket Scientist Joins LTL in Los Angeles

“Litigation isn't rocket science, it's more difficult than that,” said Vincent Pollmeier, a former chief technology counsel at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan who has joined LTL Attorneys as a partner in Los Angeles.

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3 minute read

November 02, 2018 | The Recorder

LTL Lands Former NASA Rocket Scientist

“Litigation isn't rocket science, it's more difficult than that,” said Vincent Pollmeier, a former chief technology counsel at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan who has joined LTL Attorneys as a partner in Los Angeles.

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3 minute read

November 01, 2018 | Pro Mid Market

Best Best & Kreiger Leans on Innovation as Competition Stiffens

COO Jamie Zamoff talks midsize firm efficiency, and planning for the future of legal services.

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5 minute read

October 31, 2018 | The Recorder

Big Alabama Law Firm Seeks to Transport Silicon Valley's Entrepreneurialism

Four years after opening an office in San Francisco, Maynard Cooper & Gale is launching a unit that it hopes will service a "Southern Silicon Valley."

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4 minute read

October 30, 2018 | The Recorder

Venable Grabs Goodwin Procter IP Litigator in San Francisco

A seasoned intellectual property litigator has joined Venable as it prepares to absorb a 100-lawyer firm.

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3 minute read

October 26, 2018 | The Recorder

Top Plaintiffs Law Firm Shortens Shingle

Kabateck Brown Kellner has dropped two founding partners from its nameplate.

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3 minute read

October 26, 2018 | The Recorder

DLA Piper Bolsters LA Presence With 2 Greenberg Traurig Hires

Thomas Ara and Robert Sherman will move into practice leadership roles after switching global legal giants.

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4 minute read