Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm has added five preeminent entertainment partners from Loeb & Loeb to establish an Entertainment and Media practice at Paul Hastings and has opened a new office in Century City, the business hub of Los Angeles’ thriving entertainment and media industry. The team includes partners Mickey Mayerson, Susan Williams, Craig Emanuel, Stephen Saltzman and Erik Hyman, who will be joining the Century City office. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Dominique R. Shelton has joined the firm’s Privacy & Data Security practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Dominique will also co-chair a new group at Perkins Coie focused on the complex issues that arise at the intersection AdTech and privacy. More >>

Sidney S. Fohrman has joined the Century City office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Entertainment and Digital Media practice group. Fohrman joins from Barnes & Thornburg LLP. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Ben Mulcahy has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in Los Angeles and Gina Reif Ilardi has joined the IPT practice as a partner in New York. Mulcahy and Reif Ilardi both join DLA Piper from Jenner & Block, where Mulcahy was the co-chair of the firm’s Trademark, Advertising and Unfair Competition team. More >>

BakerHostetler announced the addition of Troy M. Schmelzer as a partner in its Intellectual Property Group. Resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, Schmelzer will be part of the electrical, mechanical and computer science prosecution team. He was previously with Norton Rose Fulbright. More >>

Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, is pleased to announce the addition of Cheryl Schreck as a partner in Los Angeles. Schreck joins the firm from Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., where she was a shareholder in the firm’s employment practice. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey E. Bjork will join the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Restructuring, Insolvency & Workouts Practice within the Finance Department. In his practice, Bjork represents debtors and creditors in all aspects of restructurings across industries, and he has notable experience in major municipal restructurings. Bjork joins Latham & Watkins from Sidley Austin in Los Angeles where he was a partner. More >>

Los Angeles, CA. Nixon Peabody continues to expand its burgeoning West Coast intellectual property practice with the arrival of two patent litigation partners. More >>