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ACC Annual Meeting to Focus on Innovations in Tech, Business and Law Department Management
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) will host its annual meeting this year in Phoenix, Arizona from October 28 to 30. In-house lawyers, legal service providers, and business thought leaders from over 25 countries will be in attendance.
Read MoreClifford Chance Advising Europcar on Purchase of Fox Rent A Car
Clifford Chance is advising Europcar Mobility Group (Paris: EUCAR), Europe’s leading car rental company, on its acquisition of Fox Rent A Car, one of the largest independent players in the U.S. car rental market. The strategic acquisition marks a key milestone for Europcar in its strategy to reach €4 billion in revenue and 15 million active customers by 2023.
Read MoreFTI Consulting Welcomes Two New Managing Directors
FTI Consulting, Inc. announced the continued investment in its Telecom, Media & Technology industry practice and its business transformation expertise with the appointments of Nancy Tseng as a Senior Managing Director and Gary Jacobs as a Managing Director.
Read MoreAkin Gump Advises Credible Labs in Sale of Majority Stake to Fox Corp.
Fox Corporation has entered into a definitive merger agreement for the proposed acquisition of 67 percent of the equity in Credible Labs Inc., a leading consumer finance marketplace in the United States.
Read MoreMcGuireWoods Serves as Legal Counsel for Speedway Motorsports in $234 Million Auto Racing Merger
McGuireWoods counseled Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) in a major deal that will realign ownership of some of the nation’s most storied NASCAR racing venues, including Charlotte Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway.
Read MoreFRONTEO USA, Inc. Announces Change to U.S. Leadership
FRONTEO has appointed Yutaka Okura as CEO of FRONTEO USA effective August 1st.
Read MoreClifford Chance Wins Victory for LGBT Groups in Poland
Clifford Chance has won a legal victory in Poland on behalf of LGBT groups. The firm successfully brought a motion to a Polish court which ordered the conservative newspaper Gazeta Polska to halt the distribution of "LGBT-free zone" stickers.
Read MoreU.S. Senate Confirms Sharon Fast Gustafson as EEOC General Counsel
The position of General Counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which has been vacant since David Lopez's resignation in 2016, was confirmed by the Senate on August 1.
Read MoreFish & Richardson Names New Director of Legal Technology Solutions
Fish & Richardson announced that Beau Mersereau has been named Director of Legal Technology Solutions. He will lead the firm’s newly formed Legal Technology Solutions group, which was spun off from Fish’s IT Department and includes application specialists, business analysts, data scientists, QA analysts and software engineers at the firm. Mersereau will report directly to Richard Anderson, the Chief Operating Officer at Fish.
Read MoreCharlie Platt of iDS to Present at the 2019 (ISC)2 Security Congress
Charlie Platt of iDS along with Caitlin Durkovich of Toffler Associates, will present a session at the 2019 (ISC)2 Security Congress on October 30 at 3PM. See session details below.
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