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CLOC Launches New Law Firm Community
CLOC has paved the way for change among corporate in-house legal operations professionals for many years. Over time, many law firms have invested in their own legal operations staff and technology and are now experiencing the same challenges as their In-House counterparts. Recognizing the need for increased collaboration between law firms and corporate legal operations, CLOC has responded with the new Law Firm Community.
Read MoreAccording to New AlixPartners Survey, Consumer-Products Companies Waste More Than Half of Their Digital-Transformation Investments
AlixPartners announced the results of a new survey of senior executives internationally in the consumer products industry which found that more than half of companies’ digital-transformation investments, in the form of marketing and trade spend, are being wasted.
Read MoreClifford Chance Advises U.S. Medical Company Huntsman Corporation on Takeover of Sasol-Huntsman Joint Venture
Clifford Chance advised U.S. chemical company Huntsman Corporation on the acquisition of Sasol's 50 percent stake in the former joint venture Sasol-Huntsman GmbH & Co. KG.
Read MoreBurns & Levinson Expands Intellectual Property Practice With Two New Partners
Burns & Levinson announced that two veteran patent attorneys – Paul A. Pysher and Christopher S. Schultz – have joined the firm as partners in its Intellectual Property group.
Read MoreWeil Secures Dismissal of Stockholder Class Action in Delaware Chancery Court Challenging Willis/Towers Watson Merger
On July 25, 2019 Weil won a motion to dismiss all claims in a stockholder class action filed in Delaware Chancery Court arising out of the 2016 $18B “merger of equals” between Willis Group and Towers Watson – one of several cases Weil has been defending for Willis Towers Watson in connection with this transaction.
Read MoreAkin Gump Advises Private Equity Firm Halyard Capital in Sale of StratEx
New York-based private equity firm Halyard Capital announced the sale of its portfolio company, StratEx.
Read MoreMcGuireWoods Advises Strata Worldwide in $69 Million Refinancing Transaction
McGuireWoods represented Strata Worldwide, a global provider of mine safety products and technologies, in a refinancing of its current debt
Read MoreNACD Announces Soledad O'Brien as Master of Ceremonies for the 2019 NACD NXT™ Gala
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) announced Soledad O’Brien, award-winning journalist and documentarian, as master of ceremonies for the 2019 NACD NXT™ Gala. The annual awards event, which applauds exemplary board leadership practices that promote greater diversity and inclusion, will take place during the NACD Global Board Leaders’ Summit on Monday, September 23, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
Read MoreTIME Magazine Announces New CLO
Effective July 29, Dana Rosen will join TIME as Chief Legal Officer, where she will oversee all legal matters across the company as well as its relationships with outside counsel around the world.
Read MoreSills Cummis & Gross Attorneys Release Client Alert on NJ Medical Marijuana Law Amendments
Grace A. Byrd and Jill Turner Lever release "Weeding through the NJ Medical Marijuana Law Amendments: What You Need to Know."
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