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One of a Few Law Firms Earning Distinction

For the third year in a row, the Climate Action Reserve, and its affiliated California Climate Action Registry, has awarded Greenberg Glusker the recognition of “Climate Action Leader.” The leadership status, the standard used in the state’s public reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, shores up the Firm’s long-term commitment to sustainability best practices and environmental responsibility. Greenberg Glusker is one of only a handful of law firms in California to be named a Climate Action Leader by the Registry.

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Real Estate Litigator Seeks to Expand Profile and Programs of SoCal Fair Housing Nonprofit

Greenberg Glusker today announced that real estate litigator Aaron B. Bloom has been elected President of the Board of Directors of the Housing Rights Center (HRC). Founded in 1968, HRC is one of the largest nonprofit fair housing organizations in the country. HRC investigates and resolves housing discrimination complaints across Southern California.

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Greenberg Glusker lauded for experience and connections in TV, Film and Interactive Media

Greenberg Glusker today announced that the Firm’s Entertainment Litigation practice is again ranked in “Band 1, Top Ranked” in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. This marks the fourth consecutive year that the Firm received the publication’s highest possible endorsement, reaffirming Greenberg Glusker’s position in the elite group of media and entertainment litigators and counselors throughout the United States.

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Landmark NYC Verdict Hailed as Socially Significant for Corporate Environmental Accountability

Greenberg Glusker today announced that Firm Partner Robert S. Chapman is a finalist for the 2010 Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award for his successful representation of New York City in a trial against Exxon Mobil Corporation. The City charged Exxon Mobil with poisoning it’s groundwater and drinking water supply with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). After an 11-week federal court jury trial, which was the first of nearly 200 MTBE cases nationwide to go to trial, Chapman and his team obtained a $104.7 million compensatory damage award holding the oil company responsible for the groundwater contamination.

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With a renewed focus on the environment – from the recent oil spill in the Gulf, to climate change and energy legislation now pending in Congress, to state and local efforts to cut emissions – Americans are increasingly hungry for news and analysis about this important topic. Responding to this need, the Environmental Law Group at Greenberg Glusker provides readers with a unique and informative environmental news source with the launch of GREENberg bLAWg, a blog that connects the law and the environment.

The site, which can be found at EnvironmentalLawyerBlog.com, includes posts on topics including new developments and trends in legislation, regulation, compliance and litigation.

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Greenberg Glusker today is pleased to announce that attorney Bruce D. Andelson has joined the Firm as a Partner in its Corporate Group. Andelson counsels corporations, emerging ventures and individuals on a range of commercial legal issues and transactions. These include mergers and acquisitions, succession planning and executive compensation issues. He places a particular emphasis on working with closely held businesses, merchant banks and other investment companies.

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Counselor on Major Transactions Advises Clients and New Attorneys on Surviving the Tough Real Estate Market

Greenberg Glusker today announced that real estate Partner Ryan M.T. Iwasaka will receive the 2010 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award from the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Real Property Section. Iwasaka, 38, counsels developers, publicly traded companies, family corporations, and individuals in major real estate transactions across California and the western United States. His clients include Costco Wholesale Corporation and the owners of the Oakland Athletics baseball team.

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Greenberg Glusker Entertainment Counselor Adds Recognition to Successes on Behalf of Tolkien Estate, Marvel Entertainment

Greenberg Glusker today announced that entertainment attorney Bonnie E. Eskenazi has again been recognized by the Los Angeles Daily Journal in its 2010 edition of the “Top Women Litigators” in California. Ms. Eskenazi is known throughout the entertainment industry as a powerful advocate in high-profile disputes and transactions on behalf of entertainers, authors and major studios. Her clients include the estate of author J.R.R. Tolkien, Marvel Entertainment, film music composer Hans Zimmer, opera singer Renée Fleming and violinist Joshua Bell. A five-time recipient of the Daily Journal’s annual honor, Ms. Eskenazi was named earlier this year “California Entertainment Lawyer of the Year” by The Recorder, a legal newspaper based in San Francisco.

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Sixteenth Street Medical Center LP has closed on a $28.7 million construction loan from US Bank, and will begin immediately on the development of a three-story 50,000 square-foot medical building in Santa Monica, California.

The financing, which was negotiated on behalf of the borrower by attorney Brian Kang of Los Angeles-based law firm Greenberg Glusker, allows the development team, led by Randall Miller of The Nautilus Group, Inc. to move forward on the build-to-suit for UCLA. UCLA signed a long-term lease in February to occupy the entire building, which will be used as an outpatient surgery facility.

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IP Litigator Emphasizes Firm’s Custom, Value-Driven Solutions for Entertainment, Real Estate and Business Clients in a Challenging Economy

Greenberg Glusker today announced that partner Aaron J. Moss has been named Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Group effective immediately. He leads a litigation team that manages client disputes in a wide variety of subject areas, including entertainment, employment, environmental, commercial, real estate, probate, investment fraud and intellectual property matters. Known in the entertainment industry for his creative approaches to cutting-edge intellectual property cases involving Godzilla, Lassie, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, Moss was recently named by the Daily Journal as one of the “Top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators in California.”

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Rights of Old Oil Do Not Trump Needs of New Residents; Related CEQA Lawsuit Against LA County Set for April 5th Trial

Greenberg Glusker today announced that the Los Angeles Superior Court has upheld the right of its client, the City of Culver City, California, to regulate expansion and intensification of new oil well drilling in order to protect its residents. In an order issued March 26, 2010, Judge James Chalfant rejected a challenge by an oil company, Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP), which sought a writ of mandate invaliding the City’s moratorium on new drilling. The City had issued the temporary ban to allow it time to develop proper regulations of new wells and to address health issues, including concerns arising out of residents’ reports of noxious fumes originating in the Inglewood oil field in 2006.

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Following yesterday’s decision of the Court of Appeal in Cussler v. Crusader, the extraordinary spin machine of Phillip Anschutz’s company has flooded the media with attempts to portray its loss of $19 million as a “victory.” The brazenness of this spin compels a response.

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