Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is representing its client, Sigue Corporation in the acquisition of Coinstar Inc.’s money transfer business.  Coinstar has signed a definitive agreement to sell its money transfer business to Sigue Corporation for the expected purchase price of $41.5 million, subject to a post-closing net working capital adjustment.  The closing is expected next year.  To view the press release regarding the transaction, click here.

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP client Rdio.com (www.rdio.com) will be featured in August 21, 2010’s Billboard Magazine cover story as the #1 Start-Up Company of the Year! 

To view the featured article, click here.

Partner Ryan Azlein is named in Southern California Rising Stars 2010, the second consecutive year Ryan has received this honor.

Super Lawyers magazine names attorneys in each state who received the highest point totals, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. Rising Stars names the state’s top up-and-coming attorneys.  Super Lawyers magazine is published in all 50 states and reaches more than 13 million readers.

Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp., headed by SAM client Jeffrey M. Stibel, the former CEO of Web.com and former GM at United Online, completed its most recent financing transaction for $100M.  Dun & Bradstreet said Thursday afternoon that it has secured $100M in financing from Great Hill Partners. The firm said it has also acquired the North American Credit-on-Self division of D&B (NYSE: DNB), in a deal worth approximately $100M. The firm said that Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. will provide a service to help businesses to establish, monitor, and build their business credit and credibility. Stibel serves as Chairman and CEO. The company also said that Great Hill Partners has committed an additional $100M above and beyond the purchase price, to invest in the business. Stibel sits on the boards of Los Angeles-based CDN Edgecast, Irvine’s Autobytel, Los Angeles-based The Search Agency, and other firms.

To view the SoCal Tech article regarding the financing, click here.

To view the SoCal Tech interview with Jeffrey Stibel, click here.

Partner Kevin DeBre is a featured author in the 2nd edition of “Trade Secret Litigation and Protection in California.”  Kevin contributed Chapter 24, “Licensing and Trade Secrets and Know-How.”   To order a copy of this edition, click here.

A book review  written by Joseph A. Meckes and published by Golden Gate University School of Law states, “The licensing chapter is one of the book’s longest, dissecting each element of a typical license, providing an understandable rationale for that element, and providing sample language for the attorney wishing to incorporate those elements into an agreement.”  To access the full book review, click here.

Partner Kevin Debré will moderate an IP licensing panel at the 35th Annual IP Institute to be held on October 28-30, 2010 at the Silverado Resort in Napa Valley, CA.  For more information and to register for the event, click here.

Partner Greg Akselrud will be a featured speaker at the Digital Hollywood Fall conference on Tuesday, October 18, 2010 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.  Greg will be speaking on the topic of “Start-Up Strategies and Funding – a Primer for Content and Technology Companies.”  To view details and register for the conference, click here.

Today Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP announces the launch of client Rdio in the United States and Canada.  Designed as a highly social experience, Rdio (www.rdio.com) improves the discovery and sharing of music and the way music can be accessed through a Web browser and on smartphones. Rdio will offer unlimited, on-demand access to five million songs for a monthly subscription allowing users to listen to as many songs as they want, anytime and anywhere. 

To view the press release regarding the launch, click here. 

Check out the Rdio company blog here.

Partner Scott Alderton is co-moderating the LAVA Venture Capital Panel with Stephen Hughes of Silicon Valley Bank on August 10, 2010.  Meet the VCs who are actively investing in southern California and find out projects they are working on and what it takes to make the cut and secure venture capital.  For more information and a chance to register for this event, click here.

Attorney Steve Goldstein will be a featured panelist at ComiCon 2010 in San Diego CA on July 22, 2010 on the topic of “I Can’t Write, I Can’t Draw, But I Love Comics!”  There are tons of jobs in the comics, animation, and gaming industries besides writing and illustration. Companies still need computer programmers, motion-capture actors, retailers, agents, development executives, and publishers. Learn how to get your foot in the door without spilling any ink. 

 Steve’s practice at Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP concentrates on advising clients within the video game industry on a variety of issues, including intellectual property protection and exploitation, Internet best practices, such as COPPA safe-harbor protection and drafting of online game privacy policies and terms of use, alternative financing, global corporate structuring, the negotiation of video game publishing agreements, merchandizing agreements and co-marketing agreements and legal issues related to the use and trade of virtual goods. 

Steve previously was the Director of Business Development and General Counsel for Flagship Studios, Inc. from 2005 until 2008.  In his capacity with Flagship, Steve co-founded and served as President, Americas & Europe for, Ping0 LLC, a digital publishing and online operations subsidiary of Flagship Studios.  Additionally, Steve managed the founding of the Ping0, LLC affiliate, Ping0 Interactive Limited, an Ireland company.

For further details regarding the ComiCon 2010 Festival, click here.