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Leading Legal Media and Marketing Executives Join Law Business Media

Law Business Media (LBM), publisher of Corporate Counsel Business Journal (CCBJ), today announced that three legal media and marketing veterans will join the company’s senior executive team.

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Burns & Levinson and Vicente Sederberg LLP announce nationwide collaboration

Burns & Levinson and Vicente Sederberg LLP are joining forces to offer the most comprehensive, best-in-class legal services to the cannabis industry. The first-of-its-kind nationwide collaboration will provide businesses, individuals and other clients with access to the specialized knowledge of each firm, as well as decades of combined cannabis industry experience.

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Akin Gump welcomes partner Elazar Guttman

Akin Gump announces that Elazar Guttman has joined the firm as a partner in its private equity practice in New York. Mr. Guttman, who leads buyouts and other private equity investments, comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis, where he had been a partner in its transactional private equity group.

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FTI Consulting appoints Yvonne Gyimah and John Stiffler

FTI Consulting, Inc. announces the appointments of Yvonne Gyimah and John Stiffler as Senior Managing Directors, continuing the firm’s investment in end-to-end transactions expertise.

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E-discovery day 2019

E-Discovery Day is one of the largest nationwide gatherings of legal professionals. It's a day that allows us to celebrate the increasingly important role we play as attorneys, litigators, e-discovery specialists, paralegals and in-house counsel in the Legal GRC space.

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Weil elects 16 new partners and announces new counsel class

The new partners are based in our Dallas, Frankfurt, Houston, London, New York, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. offices.

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McGuireWoods' Tennille Checkovich recieves award

The Bar Association of the City of Richmond names partner Tennille Checkovich (Business & Securities Litigation) its 2019 John C. Kenny Pro Bono Award recipient.

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Taking diversity and inclusion in ADR beyond the dialogue

For several years, law firms, companies and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) providers have placed diversity and inclusion center stage of their everyday practices. Employers are constantly trying to hire and retain diverse talent at all levels. With all of this focus on diversity, are we satisfied with where we are? We’re definitely making progress. Can we do more? Absolutely.

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Kevin D. Reese strengthens Jackson Lewis

Jackson Lewis P.C. announces Kevin. D Reese has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a Principal. Mr. Resse joins the firm from Ogletree Deakins where he was a Shareholder focusing on wage and hour class action lawsuits. Mr. Reese has 25 years of civil litigation experience.

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Burns & Levinson launches probate litigation blog

Burns & Levinson announces the launch of a new blog called Beyond the Will. The blog will provide comprehensive insight on a wide range of probate litigation topics, including will contests, trust disputes, challenges to the validity deeds and other lifetime transfers, interference with inheritance, fiduciary malfeasance, and other complex litigation issues.

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