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Shook Surveys General Counsel on Maturation of Global Cannabis Market, Releases White Paper
More than half of in-house counsel surveyed in a new white paper by Shook, Hardy & Bacon plan to increase legal spending in the next two years to accommodate the evolving cannabis market, with a significant growth in litigation threats anticipated over the next decade.
Read MoreOpenText Announces the Next Generation Enterprise Information Management Cloud
OpenText announced its largest technology update, including a major expansion of EIM cloud capabilities. This latest release advances the company’s vision to capture, govern, exchange and use information to its full potential, unlocking the information advantage for its customers.
Read MoreContractWorks Releases Major Product Enhancements Including Artificial Intelligence
ContractWorks announced significant product enhancements that will make it easier than ever to manage contracts. Like everything in the ContractWorks system, all of these new features were developed in-house by a team of engineers who are continuously innovating to improve the user experience.
Read MoreAST Leads Successful Proxy Campaign for Invesco’s Acquisition of OppenheimerFundsA
AST Fund Solutions LLC announced that it executed a successful proxy campaign that resulted in 103 separate fund shareholder approvals for the reorganization of the OppenheimerFunds into the Invesco Funds. The funds were reorganized as part of the successful completion of Invesco's acquisition of OppenheimerFunds, which was announced on May 24, 2019.
Read MoreColleen Laduzinski Named Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Boston Office
Jones Day has appointed Colleen Laduzinski as Partner-in-Charge of the firm's Boston office, effective July 1, 2019, succeeding Traci L. Lovitt. In addition, Kate Wallace, a partner in Jones Day's Business & Tort Litigation Practice and Antitrust Practice, will become the Administrative Partner in Boston. David Adler, a partner in the Firm's Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation Practice, will move to Boston from Cleveland.
Read MoreHyun Ji Joins EisnerAmper as a Director in the Corporate Tax Group
Hyun Ji has joined EisnerAmper as a Tax Director in the Corporate Tax group. She will specialize in corporate taxation, ASC 740, SEC reporting, and SOX 404.
Read MoreABA Business Law Section to Present Program on Maximizing the Value and Reducing the Cost of Corporate Legal Services
The Corporate Counsel Committee of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section is presenting a CLE program at the Business Law Section’s Annual Meeting.
Read MoreMichael Herring Joins McGuireWoods as Partner
Michael N. Herring, who earned widespread acclaim and public support for his leadership as Richmond’s top prosecutor for the past 13 years, has joined McGuireWoods’ litigation practice as a partner.
Read MoreACC Recommends D.C. Bar Not Change Outside Counsel Guidelines
The Association of Corporate Counsel filed a recommendation to the District of Columbia Bar not to change the rules of professional conduct to address perceived problems pertaining to outside counsel guidelines (OCGs). ACC considers modifications to the rules unnecessary to address concerns cited by the Rules Committee.
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