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FBLA Celebrates American Enterprise Day with Career Panel Featuring Experts in Six Fields

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Mercredi, novembre 8, 2023

Reston, Virginia, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. (FBLA), the nation’s largest career and technical student organization focused solely on business, is hosting a career panel featuring professionals in six fields for its middle school, high school, and college members to celebrate American Enterprise Day on November 15.

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  • Reston, Virginia, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. (FBLA), the nation’s largest career and technical student organization focused solely on business, is hosting a career panel featuring professionals in six fields for its middle school, high school, and college members to celebrate American Enterprise Day on November 15.
  • Students will hear from experts in computer science, engineering, finance, health care, law, and social media/marketing.
  • FBLA celebrates American Enterprise Day by teaching others about the American entrepreneurial spirit through a range of activities, projects, and festivities.
  • FBLA inspires and prepares students to become community-minded business leaders in a global society through relevant career preparation and leadership experiences.

Movie Producers Drop Copyright Lawsuit against Texas ISP

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Mercredi, novembre 1, 2023

On October 27, 2023, a collection of movie producers including Millennium Media, Voltage Pictures, and Screen Media Ventures dismissed their copyright infringement lawsuit against Astound Broadband regional provider Grande Communications.

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  • On October 27, 2023, a collection of movie producers including Millennium Media, Voltage Pictures, and Screen Media Ventures dismissed their copyright infringement lawsuit against Astound Broadband regional provider Grande Communications.
  • The producers had filed suit against Grande in 2021, alleging that Grande had not done enough to stop internet users from pirating the producers’ films.
  • Grande denied the producers’ allegations and also contended that the producers’ claims were barred by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) safe harbor, because Grande implemented a company policy under which it terminated the internet access of customers accused of copyright infringement.
  • “The plaintiffs had an opportunity to vet our program, and after doing so they decided the case was not worth pursuing.

Laurel Acquires Quantime To Accelerate Expansion Into Accounting And Consulting

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Mercredi, mars 8, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Laurel announced today that it has acquired Quantime, a venture-backed startup building an AI-powered scheduling engine designed to help professionals optimize their time. The acquisition of this world-class team will accelerate Laurel's product development efforts as it brings its AI-timekeeping software to all professional services. Laurel announces the transaction on the heels of announcing its partnership with Ernst & Young and its company rebrand. It has plans to leverage Quantime's expertise in building time software as part of its reimagined product rebuild. Prior to the acquisition, Quantime managed half of all calendared events for professionals, and routinely spoke on the subject of time for leaders at Harvard Business School and Inc. 5000.

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  • The acquisition of this world-class team will accelerate Laurel's product development efforts as it brings its AI-timekeeping software to all professional services.
  • Laurel announces the transaction on the heels of announcing its partnership with Ernst & Young and its company rebrand .
  • "We're thrilled to have Quantime join Laurel," said Andy Ward, VP of Machine Learning at Laurel.
  • Visit laurel.ai to learn more about how the company automates timekeeping for legal, accounting, and consulting organizations.

Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2021 Winners Edition Out Now!

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Jeudi, mars 17, 2022

Lawyer Monthly is pleased to announce that the full list of winners of our 2021 Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards has been published.

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  • Lawyer Monthly is pleased to announce that the full list of winners of our 2021 Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards has been published.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220316005055/en/
    Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2021 Winners Edition (Photo: Business Wire)
    To say that the past two years have been a trying time for business would be to understate their impact.
  • The Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards aims to shine a spotlight on the best of these unswerving professionals.
  • View all the winners of our 2021 Legal Awards Online Now.

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. Announces Completion of Merger with Fortune Financial Corporation

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Vendredi, février 25, 2022

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (Southern Missouri or the Company, NASDAQ: SMBC), parent company of Southern Bank, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, announced that its merger with Fortune Financial Corporation (Fortune), Arnold, Missouri, was completed today.

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  • Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (Southern Missouri or the Company, NASDAQ: SMBC), parent company of Southern Bank, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, announced that its merger with Fortune Financial Corporation (Fortune), Arnold, Missouri, was completed today.
  • Following the completion of the merger, Southern Missouri now operates 52 banking facilities in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas.Greg Steffens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Missouri, commented, We want to welcome the FortuneBank team members and customers to the Southern Bank family.
  • In conjunction with the merger, Daniel Jones, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Fortune, has joined the boards of directors of Southern Missouri and Southern Bank.
  • Southern Missouri paid approximately $31.7 million in merger consideration, comprised of stock and cash at a 60:40 ratio.

Doe Run Hires Jan Lott as New Vice President of Human Resources

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Jeudi, janvier 20, 2022

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Doe Run Company (Doe Run) is pleased to announce the hiring of Jan Lott to fill a new position, vice president human resources.

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  • ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Doe Run Company (Doe Run) is pleased to announce the hiring of Jan Lott to fill a new position, vice president human resources.
  • "We're pleased to welcome Jan to Doe Run to provide additional strategic guidance over how we manage our most important resource our people," said Matthew Wohl, president and CEO at Doe Run.
  • Most recently, she served as the vice president of human resources at Armstrong Teasdale LLP, a 650-person law firm with offices in many locations.
  • "I'm thrilled to join Doe Run and lead the Human Resources team," said Lott.

Digital Silence Adds JT Gaietto as Chief Security Officer

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Mercredi, octobre 20, 2021

"JT is an incredible addition to the team," said Dan Nelson, Digital Silence co-founder and COO.

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  • "JT is an incredible addition to the team," said Dan Nelson, Digital Silence co-founder and COO.
  • "He adds another almost 25 years of real-world experience to our security advisory and security consulting, and he's been at leadership levels for a lot of that experience.
  • Gaietto most recently was executive director of cybersecurity services and virtual Chief Information Security Officer for Richey May & Co. LLP, a technology solutions consulting firm.
  • Digital Silence, based in Colorado, was founded with one goal in mind to do security consulting right.

Crowell & Moring Opens in Denver

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Jeudi, octobre 14, 2021

DENVER, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Crowell & Moring has launched a Denver office with an initial team skilled at guiding clients in sophisticated corporate transactions across a variety of regulated industries, as well as complex commercial and regulatory litigation matters.

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  • DENVER, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Crowell & Moring has launched a Denver office with an initial team skilled at guiding clients in sophisticated corporate transactions across a variety of regulated industries, as well as complex commercial and regulatory litigation matters.
  • "We are delighted to welcome this talented and diverse group of lawyers to Crowell & Moring as we open in Denver," said Philip T. Inglima , chair of Crowell & Moring.
  • "This is an exciting opportunity to launch Crowell & Moring's Denver office and build a strong team of lawyers to advise the growing business community here," Rhoades said.
  • Crowell & Moring LLP is an international law firm with offices in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia that represents clients in litigation and arbitration, regulatory and policy, and transactional and corporate matters.

Matt Schuckman Joins Cass Information Systems, Inc. as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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Mercredi, août 5, 2020

Cass Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASS), the leading provider of transportation, energy, telecom and waste invoice payment and information services, has recruited Matt Schuckman to fill the newly created position of general counsel.

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  • Cass Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASS), the leading provider of transportation, energy, telecom and waste invoice payment and information services, has recruited Matt Schuckman to fill the newly created position of general counsel.
  • Schuckman, 46, will also serve Cass as corporate secretary.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200805005114/en/
    Matt Schuckman General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Cass Information Systems, Inc. (Photo: Business Wire)
    Schuckman joins Cass after a 20-year career as a commercial and transactional attorney with the St. Louis office of Armstrong Teasdale, LLP.
  • As a partner in the commercial services group, Schuckman advised clients including Cass on mergers and acquisitions; complex contracts; corporate governance issues; and business law.

Full Spectrum Nutrition LLC Files Suit in Federal Court Challenging the Validity of Cannoid, LLC's "Entourage Hemp" Trademarks, to Protect One of the Most Important Descriptive Terms in the Industry

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Mercredi, octobre 31, 2018

FSN believes that the generic and descriptive terms "entourage" and "entourage hemp," as they relate to the global and U.S. cannabis industry, are far too important to be monopolized.

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  • FSN believes that the generic and descriptive terms "entourage" and "entourage hemp," as they relate to the global and U.S. cannabis industry, are far too important to be monopolized.
  • Lawyers Bill Ojile and Cindy Pham of Armstrong Teasdale in Denver lead the representation of FSN in the pending lawsuit.
  • Cannoid initially filed suit against FSN alleging that FSN was infringing on its "Entourage Hemp" trademarks.
  • A number of third parties in the cannabis industry use the term "entourage" as part of their product description.