Trading places.Mark D. Litvack, an entertainment and media litigator lit·i·gate v. lit·i·gat·ed, lit·i·gat·ing, lit·i·gates v.tr. To contest in legal proceedings. v.intr. To engage in legal proceedings. , has joined Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol as a partner. Litvack was most recently at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP. Litvack has served as a director of legal affairs for the Motion Picture Association of America. He has worked with clients such as America Online See AOL. , Sony Pictures, Time Warner, Activision, Take 2 Interactive, Rockstar Games “R*” redirects here. For *R, see Hyperreal number. Rockstar Games is a development division of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive, based in New York City, United States. The brand is most known for the Grand Theft Auto series. , and Vivendi Games. Meanwhile, Mitchell Silberberg announced the arrival of Gary E. Gans, as a new partner in the entertainment litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Gans came from Richards Watson & Gershon LLP, where he led the entertainment litigation practice. Gans currently serves on the panel of arbitrators of the Independent Film and Television Alliance. Goodwin Proctor LLP, which marked its arrival in Los Angeles this spring by snagging Lewis Feldman and several other lawyers from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an international, full-service law firm with strengths in the energy, financial services, real estate and technology sectors and offices located throughout the United States and the world, including key financial centers such as New York, LLP, has hired two more lawyers. Douglas A. Praw, another former Pillsbury lawyer, will be a senior real estate associate at Goodwin. Jung W. Han, a public finance associate, is also joining the firm. Han was most recently with Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP. Steefel Levitt & Weiss LLP is welcoming Michael Toumanoff as a shareholder. He will be a member of the fiduciary practice. He was most recently at Tatro Tekosky Sadwick LLP. Toumanoff specializes in legal issues impacting public retirement system fiduciaries. Staff reporter Emily Bryson York can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 235, or at eyork@labusinessjournal.com. |
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