Legal Roundup
Commencement 2025: Leondra Kruger to deliver keynote address at UCLA Law
Leondra Kruger, a trailblazing lawyer and jurist who serves as a justice on the Supreme Court of California, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2025 at UCLA School of Law’s commencement ceremony on May 16.
Polsinelli Announces New Board Members
Polsinelli is pleased to announce the election of three new members to the firm’s board of directors: Amy E. Hatch, Paul Jaskot and John Peterson have joined the board for a three-year term.
Reed Smith capital markets team represents key investment bank and private investor clients in four Q1 2025 transactions
In the first quarter of 2025, a multi-office Reed Smith U.S. capital markets team, led by Global Corporate Group partner Anthony Marsico, represented key firm clients, including a leading full-service middle-market investment bank and its affiliate, and a seasoned, sophisticated private investor, in four separate equity capital markets transactions providing equity capital financing for publicly traded companies in the biopharmaceutical, AI, renewable energy and technology sectors.
Faculty Accomplishments, Spring 2025
On March 25, 2025, Patty Nieberg and Jeff Schogol authored a piece, When rank-and-file troops leak secrets, they often end up in the brig, published in Task & Purpose (a news organization founded in 2014 as a voice for the military community).
Variety Honors Darrell Miller With Power of Law Award
Variety has named Fox Rothschild’s Darrell D. Miller this year’s Power of Law honoree, a testament to his career accomplishments and dedication to service.
CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Dalié Jiménez - Routinized “Justice”: Procedural Reform and the Re-Legitimation of Debt Collection Courts on April 18, 2025
This Article examines the impact of procedural reforms designed to improve documentation in debt collection lawsuits, focusing on California, Connecticut, and Texas.
UCLA Law students help write state bill targeting air pollution
If you’re driving north through L.A.’s San Fernando Valley on I-5 and look left at Sun Valley, you can see a major source of air pollution hiding in plain sight. Giant mounds of crushed concrete loom like towers from scrap yards that are called aggregate recycling facilities.
Variety Recognizes Nine Sheppard Mullin Entertainment Attorneys in 2025 Legal Impact Report
Nine Entertainment attorneys were named to Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2025, a prestigious list of the entertainment industry’s top dealmakers and litigators.
Greenberg Traurig Acts as Counsel in Cross Rapids Capital’s Equity Recapitalization of All Glass & Windows Holdings
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Cross Rapids Capital LP, an operationally driven investment firm focused on acquiring industrial and services companies in North America, in connection with the equity recapitalization of All Glass & Windows Holdings, Inc., a value-added dealer and installer of impact-resistant window and door solutions for general contractors, builders, and homeowners across Florida.
Student Q&A: Tyler Yang, 2L
Tyler Yang is currently studying in Washington, D.C. through the University of California DC (UCDC) program. His externship is at the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC).
The Native Bench: Justice, Democracy, and the Federal Judiciary on April 17, 2025
On April 17th the Native Nations Law & Policy Center will host the country's Native federal district court judges for a roundtable discussion at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center.
DLA Piper’s Tom Ara and Benjamin Mulcahy named to Variety’s 2025 Legal Impact Report
DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Tom Ara and Benjamin Mulcahy have been named to Variety’s 2025 Legal Impact Report highlighting the top attorneys in the entertainment business.
UC Irvine’s Graduate Tax Program Joins in Supporting IRS and DOJ Tax Attorneys
The University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Graduate Tax Program has announced a new scholarship initiative for IRS and U.S. Department of Justice tax attorneys who were terminated or whose job offers were rescinded due to the recent federal hiring freeze.
Whittier College’s Poet Pantry Reopens to Tears of Gratitude
On April 2, 2025, members of the Whittier community — including representatives from PIH Health Whittier Hospital — gathered to celebrate the grand reopening of the renovated Poet Pantry, an on-campus food pantry that provides free food and personal hygiene products to all students.
Greenberg Traurig’s Jordan D. Grotzinger & Bryan K. Hanks to Speak at Kisaco IP Leadership Executive Summit
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholders Jordan D. Grotzinger and Bryan K. Hanks will speak at the Kisaco IP Leadership Executive Summit April 15.
Greenberg Traurig’s Daniel H. Black, Bobby Rosenbloum, and Mathew S. Rosengart Recognized in Variety’s 2025 ‘Legal Impact Report’
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholders Daniel H. Black, Bobby Rosenbloum, and Mathew S. Rosengart were recognized in Variety’s 2025 “Legal Impact Report.”
Reed Smith adds leading real estate partner David Phelps in Century City
Global law firm Reed Smith is delighted to announce that David Phelps, a prominent private equity real estate lawyer with over 35 years of experience, has joined the firm's real estate practice as a partner in the Century City office.
Jones Day's Anthony Insogna, Randy Kay, and Edward Reines named Top Intellectual Property Lawyers by the Daily Journal
Jones Day partners Anthony Insogna, Randy Kay, and Edward Reines have been named to the Daily Journal's list of Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in California for 2025.
The Hollywood Reporter Names Robert Darwell a 2025 Power Lawyer
Sheppard Mullin Partner and Head of Global Media Robert Darwell has again been recognized as a “Power Lawyer” by The Hollywood Reporter (THR), marking his 19th consecutive appearance on one of the industry’s most coveted lists.
Greenberg Traurig’s Homin Lee Again Recognized as Banking and Finance Visionary
Homin Lee, shareholder of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, was again named a 2025 Banking and Finance Visionary by the Los Angeles Times Studios brand publishing team.