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Guillermo Artiles, Associate Counsel to Governor Murphy, Rejoins McCarter to Build Government Affairs Practice

Guillermo Artiles, who left McCarter & English a year ago to serve as associate counsel to Governor Phil Murphy, has returned to the firm, where he will be instrumental in building its government affairs practice. He is a partner in the firm’s Newark office.

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Connie Brenton, Jeff Franke Resign from CLOC

Below is an announcement released by the CLOC Board of Directors on Thursday, January 3, 2019: On behalf of the Board of Directors, we are writing to inform you that Connie Brenton has announced her resignation as CEO of CLOC. In addition, Jeff Franke has resigned as a board member of CLOC.

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Platinum Equity Hires Kris Agarwal as General Counsel

Platinum Equity announced the hiring of Kris Agarwal as the firm’s General Counsel.

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Barnes & Thornburg Welcomes New Attorneys

Barnes & Thornburg has added new ethics, healthcare, intellectual property and litigation attorneys to its Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis offices.

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Clifford Chance Advises Pfizer on Joint Venture with GlaxoSmithKline to Create a Global Consumer Healthcare Company

The Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction under which Pfizer will contribute its consumer healthcare business to GSK's existing consumer healthcare business. Both businesses will operate globally under the GSK Consumer Healthcare name. The 2017 global sales for the combined business were approximately $12.7 billion.

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Barbara Hollenbach Elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites for 2019

Barbara L. Hollenbach, a Member of law firm Norris McLaughlin, P.A., has been elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites for 2019.

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Pillsbury Joins with OpenText to Pioneer New Artificial Intelligence Innovations in the Legal Industry

OpenText™ announced that leading international law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP will be the first law firm to deploy OpenText Magellan, OpenText’s AI-enabled analytics platform. Pillsbury will leverage Magellan to deliver expanded automation and artificial intelligence enhancements to the firm’s global legal practice.

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced that Allison J. Bender has joined the firm's privacy and cybersecurity practice as Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C., office.

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Akin Gump Releases Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2019

Akin Gump presents their annual Top 10 Topics for Directors report, discussing what may warrant the most attention from corporate boardrooms in 2019.

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Akin Gump Promotes Eleven to Partnership

Akin Gump announced the election of 11 new partners.

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