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December 27, 2006
Niesar & Vestal is pleased to announce that June Lin joined the firm as an associate in the Corporate & Business Law and Securities Department. Ms. Lin's diverse practice includes representation of U.S. and European companies in a wide spectrum of industries in general corporate, securities and financing transactions. Prior to joining Niesar & Vestal in 2006, she practiced in New York, Paris and London, in both private practice and as General Counsel for a share plan administration and trustee company based in the UK.
December 15, 2006
HandHeld Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: ZVUE, ZVUEW), and a digital-media-to-go company with a family of mass-market portable media players and online video content store, completed a $1,060,000 acquisition of Yourdailymedia.com, a rapidly growing aggregator of user-generated content. Representing HandHeld Entertainment, Inc. in the transaction were Partners Gerald V. Niesar and Associate Oscar E. Escobar of San Francisco-based Niesar & Vestal.
December 1, 2006
HandHeld Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: ZVUE, ZVUEW), and a digital-media-to-go company with a family of mass-market portable media players and online video content store, completed a $1.1 million dollar acquisition of Funmansion.com, a rapidly growing aggregator of user-generated content. Representing HandHeld Entertainment, Inc. in the transaction were Partners Gerald V. Niesar and Associates Oscar E. Escobar of San Francisco-based Niesar & Vestal.
November 13, 2006
HandHeld Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: ZVUE, ZVUEW), and a digital-media-to-go company with a family of mass-market portable media players and online video content store, completed a $1.5 million dollar acquisition of Dorks.com, a rapidly growing, leading aggregator of user-generated content attracting as many as 1 million unique visitors each month. Representing HandHeld Entertainment, Inc. in the transaction were Partners Gerald V. Niesar and Associates Oscar E. Escobar and Corey ‘S’ Dishmon of San Francisco-based Niesar & Vestal LLP.
October 6, 2006
At the California State Bar Annual Meeting, Gerald Niesar, Partner and Founder of Niesar & Vestal LLP, received a “Spirit of CEB” award honoring his 22 years of service to the Continuing Education of the Bar of California (CEB) and the legal profession. The "Spirit of CEB" awards are an acknowledgment of the contributors' selfless sharing of information for the betterment of the legal profession and the society to which it serves. The CEB awards are presented annually to ten volunteer authors and speakers from five practice areas. Since Mr. Niesar first began speaking as a panelist for CEB in 1975, he has participated in almost 40 programs on a wide variety of business topics. For 22 consecutive years, Mr. Niesar has served as moderator of the Bay Area’s CEB's Recent Developments in Business Law Practice program.
July 1, 2006
Niesar & Vestal LLP is pleased to announce that Christina A. Dondero has joined the firm as an associate in the Litigation Department. Ms. Dondero's diverse practice includes handling commercial disputes, trade secret misappropriation matters, employment litigation, contract issues, business torts, and complex construction litigation.
May 19 & May 20, 2006
Partner Gerry Niesar, co-author of California Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual will be a panelist discussing critical issues of concern to California practictioners forming and representing limited liability companies in 2006, with particular emphasis on alternatives available by choosing Delaware or Nevada as the state of formation. For registration information, contact Data Trace Publishing Company (800) 342-0454 or (410) 494-4994. May 19, 9 a.m. to noon, San Francisco; May 20, 9 a.m. to noon, Los Angeles.
May 11, 2006
Partner Gerry Niesar will be a panelist at
Lorman Education Services one-day seminar in San Francisco - LLCs: Advanced Planning and Latest Trends.
April 8, 2006
Partner Gerry Niesar will be participating in a program,
"Are Professional Partnerships Really Partnerships?", presented by the American Bar Association
Committee on Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Entities at the Business Law Section Spring Meeting in Tampa, Florida.
March 2, 2006
HandHeld Entertainment, Inc. completed a reverse merger and the closing of a $7.6 million private placement, details of which are described in current reports filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K. Representing HandHeld Entertainment, Inc. in the transaction were Partner Gerry Niesar and Associate Oscar E. Escobar of San Francisco-based Niesar & Vestal LLP.
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