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U.S. Senate Confirms Sharon Fast Gustafson as EEOC General Counsel
The position of General Counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which has been vacant since David Lopez's resignation in 2016, was confirmed by the Senate on August 1.
Read MoreFish & Richardson Names New Director of Legal Technology Solutions
Fish & Richardson announced that Beau Mersereau has been named Director of Legal Technology Solutions. He will lead the firm’s newly formed Legal Technology Solutions group, which was spun off from Fish’s IT Department and includes application specialists, business analysts, data scientists, QA analysts and software engineers at the firm. Mersereau will report directly to Richard Anderson, the Chief Operating Officer at Fish.
Read MoreCharlie Platt of iDS to Present at the 2019 (ISC)2 Security Congress
Charlie Platt of iDS along with Caitlin Durkovich of Toffler Associates, will present a session at the 2019 (ISC)2 Security Congress on October 30 at 3PM. See session details below.
Read MoreArbitrator Survey from AAA-ICDR® Reveals Best Practices for Increasing Efficiency & Lowering Costs
Feedback from the American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution® (AAA-ICDR) shows that arbitrators give healthcare & technology cases the highest marks for efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Read MoreCLOC Launches New Law Firm Community
CLOC has paved the way for change among corporate in-house legal operations professionals for many years. Over time, many law firms have invested in their own legal operations staff and technology and are now experiencing the same challenges as their In-House counterparts. Recognizing the need for increased collaboration between law firms and corporate legal operations, CLOC has responded with the new Law Firm Community.
Read MoreAccording to New AlixPartners Survey, Consumer-Products Companies Waste More Than Half of Their Digital-Transformation Investments
AlixPartners announced the results of a new survey of senior executives internationally in the consumer products industry which found that more than half of companies’ digital-transformation investments, in the form of marketing and trade spend, are being wasted.
Read MoreClifford Chance Advises U.S. Medical Company Huntsman Corporation on Takeover of Sasol-Huntsman Joint Venture
Clifford Chance advised U.S. chemical company Huntsman Corporation on the acquisition of Sasol's 50 percent stake in the former joint venture Sasol-Huntsman GmbH & Co. KG.
Read MoreBurns & Levinson Expands Intellectual Property Practice With Two New Partners
Burns & Levinson announced that two veteran patent attorneys – Paul A. Pysher and Christopher S. Schultz – have joined the firm as partners in its Intellectual Property group.
Read MoreWeil Secures Dismissal of Stockholder Class Action in Delaware Chancery Court Challenging Willis/Towers Watson Merger
On July 25, 2019 Weil won a motion to dismiss all claims in a stockholder class action filed in Delaware Chancery Court arising out of the 2016 $18B “merger of equals” between Willis Group and Towers Watson – one of several cases Weil has been defending for Willis Towers Watson in connection with this transaction.
Read MoreAkin Gump Advises Private Equity Firm Halyard Capital in Sale of StratEx
New York-based private equity firm Halyard Capital announced the sale of its portfolio company, StratEx.
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