Snapchat Inc., the fleeting-photo messaging service, has snapped up its first general counsel from Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C. Formerly a litigator in the firm’s appellate practice, Christopher Handman joined the Venice Beach-based startup Thursday. See story online.

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo has added Terri Shieh-Newton to its intellectual property practice in the San Francisco office. Shieh-Newton was the cochairwoman of the stem cell and regenerative medicine practice at Morrison & Foerster. See story online.