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Morae and PERSUIT announce strategic partnership

Morae Global Corporation and PERSUIT, an enterprise platform for engaging outside counsel, announce that the two companies have entered a strategic partnership. Together they will work with corporate legal departments to bring about meaningful transformation through the combined capabilities of Morae’s industry leading advisory services with PERSUIT’s proprietary technology for better managing outside counsel.

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McNees welcomes Jack Byrnes, Brian Honness and Christian Wolgemuth as associates

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC welcomes three new associates to the firm: Jack Byrnes, Brian Honness and Christian Wolgemuth. All three were part of McNees’ summer associates’ program.

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Weil advises Blackstone Growth in its investment in ISN

Weil is advising Blackstone Growth in its minority investment in ISN Software Corporation, the global leader in contractor and supplier information management, with over 20 years of experience connecting nearly 650 hiring clients, in capital-intensive industries, with more than 75,000 active contractors to promote safety and health in the workplace, in a transaction that values ISN at more than $2 billion.

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Thomson Reuters announces content provision agreement with RSA company, Archer

Thomson Reuters announces an extension of its content provision agreement with Archer, an RSA company, simplifying and strengthening financial institutions’ ability to address fast-changing regulatory requirements. Archer users can access Thomson Reuters real-time regulatory feeds, analyses and intelligence via searches driven by machine learning (ML).

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FTI appoints George Theocharopoulos as a managing director in the Merger Integration and Carve-outs practice

FTI Consulting, Inc. announces the appointment of George Theocharopoulos as a managing director in the Merger Integration and Carve-outs offering within the Transactions practice of the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment in New York.

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OpenText appoints Prentiss Donohue as executive vice president, SMB/C sales

OpenText™ announces that veteran OpenText executive Prentiss Donohue has been appointed executive Vice President, SMB/C Sales (Small and Medium-Sized Business and Consumer). Mr. Donohue replaces Craig Stilwell, who is retiring from OpenText following the successful integration of Carbonite into OpenText.

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Exterro acquires AccessData

In the latest M&A deal involving e-discovery this year, Exterro acquires digital forensic investigation tech provider, AccessData, pegging the value of the transaction in the nine-figures. The financial specifics of the deal were not disclosed.

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Weil advises QuickChek in $645 million sale to Murphy USA

Weil is advising QuickChek Corporation, the operator of more than 150 convenience market stores predominantly in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area that offer on-the-go food service and one-stop shopping for snacks, coffee and other beverages, in its pending $645 million sale to Murphy USA, a retailer of gasoline and convenience merchandise with nearly 1,500 sites located primarily in the Southwest, Southeast and Midwest United States.

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McNees attorney Karl Schneider is reappointed to the Board of Building Appeals

McNees attorney, Karl Schneider, is reappointed to the Board of Building Appeals by Ohio Governor, Mike DeWine. Karl’s four-year term began on October 26, 2020.

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LexisNexis CounselLink launches white paper on how legal departments are planning for 2021

The 2020 pandemic triggered all sorts of personal and professional challenges for which none of us were prepared. Corporate legal professionals have been forced to work from home while simultaneously managing the challenges of conducting Zoom meetings, learning the art of homeschooling their kids, and keeping tabs on isolated family members.

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