On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, August 25, 2011. The search for companies with valuable patents is changing the landscape of mergers and acquisitions in San Diego and indeed across the country. At one time, patents were rarely part of the equation when companies were considering whether an acquisition was a […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, August 12, 2011. A reproductive law attorney who pleaded guilty to fraud charges in San Diego federal court has been ordered to pay restitution to her victims. The criminal complaint against her alleged that the attorney defrauded a number of American couples by having them […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011. San Diego company Websense, an online security specialist, was chosen by First Tech Federal Credit Union to protect its customer data in its upcoming merger with Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union. The merger between the two companies is worth over $4.75 billion, […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, August 4, 2011. Natural grocers are increasingly popular across the country, but Californians have a special penchant for quality organic ingredients. Two California favorites, Henry’s Farmers Market and Sprouts Farmers Market will be merging and operating under the name Sprouts Farmers Market. Both Sprouts and Henry’s were […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The slow economy has reduced the appetite for many California companies to take part in mergers and acquisitions. In a sign, though, that things may be looking up for M&A, many executives in the food and beverage industry foresee a renewed thirst for mergers […]
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, July 7, 2011. A California-based maker of image-compression technology has been acquired in a strategic move that can be seen as a battle in a war between two tech industry giants. HTC Corp., the world’s second-largest maker of smart phones, agreed to acquire S3 Graphics Co. earlier […]