Patty Glaser can lend insights on just about any subject of conversation, and she’s certainly no stranger to big names – the star litigator of Glaser Weil represented Bill Gross against Pimco, for cryin’ out loud, and that’s just one recent highlight from her much decorated resume. A recent lunch at Craft found Glaser more interested in speaking up on behalf of a couple of other big-timers in the name of a good cause. The first was Ed Roski, and the second was The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Glaser is a board member of the academically elite institution, which counts Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud as founding inspirations. It also counts Roski as a generous backer, and recently chose him as the recipient of its 2018 Scopus Award for “humanitarian endeavors and outstanding commitment” to the “betterment of The Hebrew University, the state of Israel, the Jewish people and humanity.” … Call it Double Vision SoCal Style for Glaser colleague and M&A specialist George Wall, who leaves his ocean-view perch at 520 Newport Center down in Orange County once or twice a week to check in at Glaser Weil’s panoramic 20th-floor office in Century City. Wall certainly is a stylish fellow, but it’s probably just a coincidence that men’s fashion retailer Rodd & Gunn seems to follow him around. The New Zealand-based newcomer to the United States just opened a store at the newly renovated Westfield Century City, which followed a location at Fashion Island in Newport Beach – both walking distance from Wall’s offices. … Credit Central City Association Chief Executive Jessica Lall and a crew that included lawmakers Miguel Santiago, Matt Dababneh and Scott Wiener; hipster saloon keepers Cedd Moses and David Cooley; and the Grand Central Market’s Adele Yellin for a comprehensive sales pitch for SB 384, a proposed law that would give room for later alcohol sales, with bars and restaurants pouring booze until 4 a.m. if local authorities allow. The group’s recent press conference came at Moses’ Broadway Bar and painted the legislation as everything from a clear-cut case of community sovereignty to a font of middle-class jobs. Perhaps most effective was the use of the term “nighttime economy,” which has a chance to become a legit point of reference if used properly, with some solid data to back up claims on wages, jobs, etc. … Not much attention for Digital First Media’s Southern California News Group, which covers large stretches of Los Angeles and its suburbs with the Daily News, the Long Beach Press-Telegram, the Daily Breeze in Torrance, the Pasadena Star News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Whittier Daily News, among other titles. Anyone else hear that the hedge funders who ultimately own the titles might be ready to exit after peddling off much of the real estate the dailies once held, and more recently getting a chunk of cash for CIPS Marketing Group, a print-distribution joint venture of Digital First and the Los Angeles Times that was sold to Long Beach-based ACI Last Mile Network on undisclosed terms awhile back? Here’s guessing Digital First won’t find any buyers for the whole SCNG roster – which includes the Orange County Register, Press Enterprise in Riverside, and two other dailies in San Bernardino County – and will start seeking local buyers on a market-by-market basis before this year ends. … Plenty of attention for Ross Levinsohn, the newly appointed publisher of the Times, who arrives on the job after stints with Myspace; Yahoo; and Guggenheim Digital Media, former owner of the Hollywood Reporter. No one pins the demise of Myspace or diminishment of Yahoo on Levinsohn, to be sure. And his turn at Guggenheim is more tea leaf than data point – the Times’ own reporting leaves it a bit murky, attributing his departure to “a change in direction there.” Now Levinsohn will set out to change the direction of the Times, where steady erosion in revenue presents him with an opportunity to score a clear win (see related story, this page). … Sullivan Says: Wonder if Puma Biotechnoloy CEO Alan Auerbach lit a cigar when his company won FDA approval to go to market (see related story, page 1).