Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

About this office:

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's founding partners began the firm in Los Angeles in 1927 with the simple blueprint of providing superior client service and legal counseling. Sheppard Mullin attorneys continue to respond rapidly to ever-changing business and legal environments with creative, cost-effective and practical solutions. The firm's philosophy is to staff matters with experienced, effective, results-oriented attorneys who recognize that availability, accessibility and responsiveness to our clients is fundamental.

Corporate Law; General Civil Trial; Appellate Practice; Federal Practice; Financial Institutions Law; Commercial Law; Banking Law; Bankruptcy; Financial Restructuring; Construction Law; Creditors' Rights; Securities; Antitrust; Entertainment Law; Intellectual Property; Unfair Competition; Labor and Employment; Health Care; Pension Plans; Employee Benefits; State Government Law; Local Taxation; Government Contracts; Real Estate; Land Use; Environmental Law; White Collar Criminal Defense; International Business Law; Administrative Law; Probate; Trust Law; Estate Planning; Aerospace Law; Defense Litigation.

Regulatory Update: SEC Adopts Final Rules Defining "Accredited Investor" Consistent with Dodd-Frank
Clark Chu,Camille Formosa,Louis Lehot,John D. Tishler, January 12, 2012
Just before 2011 year-end, the SEC adopted final rules first proposed in January 2011 to exclude the value of an investor's home when determining if an investor meets the net worth test for an accredited investor. A person's status as an accredited investor affects eligibility, sophistication and...

Making Sense of Virtual Dollars
Thayer M. Preece, November 24, 2011
Financial institutions and currency transactions are highly regulated in the United States. That much is common knowledge. However, game developers may not realize that by creating a system of virtual currency within a game that can be purchased with or redeemed for real currency, they could be...

Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies When a Series of Dispositions will not Trigger an "All or Substantially All" Indenture Covenant
Nina Karalis,Louis P.A. Lehot,John D. Tishler, October 12, 2011
In The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co., N.A., v. Liberty Media Corp., No. 284, 2011 WL 4376552 (Del. Sept. 21, 2011), the Delaware Supreme Court held that Liberty Media Corp's proposed split-off was not sufficiently connected to previous transactions to warrant aggregation of both the proposed...

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