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JAMS reopens Los Angeles, Seattle and northern California resolution centers

JAMS is reopening its Los Angeles and Century City resolution centers in Southern California, its Seattle resolution center and two centers in Northern California—Walnut Creek and Santa Rosa—this week as shelter-in-place orders are lifted.

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Sabrina Beldner is appointed as McGuireWoods' chair of labor & employment department

McGuireWoods partner Sabrina Beldner has been named chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Department, effective July 1. She will take over for Bruce Steen, who will become the firm’s general counsel in January 2021.

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Akin Gump advises Royalty Pharma in $2.5 billion Nasdaq IPO

Akin Gump has advised Royalty Pharma plc on its $2.5 billion initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. This is the largest offering on a U.S. exchange so far this year.

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Wolters Kluwer launches TSoftPlus PPP Forgiveness Module, helping US paycheck protection program participants

With the U.S. CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) now entering the loan forgiveness phase, Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions has launched its eagerly awaited TSoftPlus™ PPP Forgiveness Module to help local lenders and their small business client recipients of PPP funding facilitate both online and in-person loan forgiveness applications.

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LexisNexis launches Lexis Product Liability Navigator

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional announces the launch of Lexis Product Liability Navigator™ on the Lexis Advance® platform.

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Weil advises chairman and CEO of 58.com on its proposed going-private merger

Weil represented Mr. Jinbo Yao, Chairman of the Board and CEO of 58.com Inc. (58.com), and the consortium, in connection with the signing of an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Quantum Bloom Group Ltd and its wholly owned subsidiary Quantum Bloom Company Ltd.

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Barnes & Thornburg opens New York Office

Barnes & Thornburg LLP officially announces its expansion into New York with the opening of a Manhattan office and the hiring of six lateral partners and other seasoned attorneys from several of the city’s elite law firms.

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Akin Gump chairperson Kim Koopersmith offers message on racial justice

From the voices of two generations of moral leadership, Akin Gump heeds the call. We cannot remain silent, and we cannot look away. And we cannot accept the sad reality that too little has changed for too long.

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FTI announces appointment of new leaders to its technology segment

FTI Consulting, Inc. announces the appointment of three Senior Managing Directors and a Managing Director to its Technology segment in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”). The addition of Jonathan Chan , Renato Fazzone , Richard Palmer and Grainne Bryan will bolster the firm’s global reach and expert-driven solutions to support clients with their legal, regulatory and data-related challenges.

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