Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Gregory M. Bordo has joined the Firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation group. Mr. Bordo is an experienced trial lawyer who has built his practice over the past 20 years in the areas of business, real estate and trust & estates litigation, and education law. He is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office.

Jenner & Block is representing News Corporation’s Fox Sports as litigation counsel, in a dispute between the broadcaster and the Los Angeles Dodgers over the planned sale of the team and its assets, including media rights.

Duane Morris is pleased to announce that Jarrett Fugh has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. Fugh’s arrival adds to Duane Morris’ growing Real Estate Practice Group on the West Coast and nationally. He joins Duane Morris from Winston & Strawn.

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Dana S. Treister has joined its Los Angeles office as a shareholder in the Real Estate Practice Group. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Treister was a partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.

Jenner & Block has expanded its Los Angeles office and its representation of clients in the media and entertainment industries with the addition of six new partners.  Highly experienced courtroom attorneys Richard L. Stone, Kenneth D. Klein, Julie A. Shepard, David R. Singer, and Amy M. Gallegos join the Firm’s Litigation Department, while noted transactional attorney Carissa C. W. Coze joins the Firm’s Corporate Department.

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Thomas M. Cleary to its Corporate Finance Practice Group as a Member in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Dykema, Cleary was a Partner in SNR Denton’s Corporate Practice Group.

Dickstein Shapiro LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Employment Practice on the West Coast with the arrival of employment litigator Arthur Silbergeld in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Silbergeld, who is annually identified as one of the top employment litigators in California, will lead the firm’s Employment Practice in California. Mr. Silbergeld has defended numerous employers in federal and state bench and jury trials in class action and individual claims.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that Rebecca J. Winthrop has joined the Los Angeles office as a shareholder in the firm’s bankruptcy and restructuring group.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has represented Maker Maxity in the signing of definitive agreements with MGM Hospitality, a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), for the development and operation of a Bellagio hotel, an MGM Grand hotel, and a Skylofts hotel, as part of the landmark Maker Maxity mixed-use development complex in Mumbai, India.

Venable LLP announced today that Greg Sater, one the nation’s leading advertising attorneys, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation group.