News & Announcements

Recently from the CCBJ Network

Wolters Kluwer Launches alerts feature within Tax Reporters Plus Suite

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. announces the launch of a new Alerts feature within its digital Tax Reporters Plus Suite on Cheetah™ for tax attorneys.

Read More

McGuireWoods and Charlotte Triage Partners earn National Corporate Pro Bono Award

Charlotte Triage, a partnership created by McGuireWoods and corporate law departments to support local legal aid organizations, is the recipient of the 2020 Corporate Pro Bono Award from the Pro Bono Institute (PBI). The national award honors innovative pro bono partnerships between law firms, in-house legal departments and public interest organizations.

Read More

Weil wins dismissal of #MeToo stockholder derivative action

On June 17, 2020, Weil secured a unanimous affirmance in the Ohio Court of Appeals of the trial court’s dismissal of a stockholder derivative action alleging breaches of fiduciary duties, mismanagement, abuse of control, and unjust enrichment by the board of directors and former officers of jewelry retailer Signet Jewelers Limited in connection with #MeToo movement allegations of sexual misconduct.

Read More

FTI Consulting adds senior restructuring and performance improvement specialist Kevin Barrentine

FTI Consulting, Inc. announces the continued investment in its Turnaround & Restructuring practice within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment with the appointment of Kevin Barrentine as a Senior Managing Director.

Read More

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.

Read More

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.

Read More

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.

Read More


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.

Read More

LexisNexis launches Lexis Product Liability Navigator

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

Read More