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NCPDP Announces Highlights from its 2022 Annual Conference, "BE BOLD. Break Barriers."

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Thursday, May 5, 2022

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NCPDP announced today highlights from its 2022 Annual Technology & Business Conference, "Be BOLD. Break Barriers." The Annual Conference opened with 20th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Jerome Adams' keynote address on a lifetime dedicated to breaking through healthcare, institutional and socioeconomic barriers. Justin Jones-Fosu, world-renowned speaker and author on meaningful work and diversity, inclusion and collaboration, inspired the audience with his keynote address, which included techniques on how to bring meaning to our work and lives, and a workshop on "The Inclusive Mindset." Lygeia Ricciardi, digital health and patient engagement pioneer, shared her perspective on how to empower consumers as partners in their health journey through digital information and tools. Closing featured speaker and conference favorite, Doug Long, returned to deliver his informative IQVIA™ Market Trends Report. Educational track sessions spanned important industry topics such as specialty pharmacy; precision medicine; 340B Drug Pricing Program; NCPDP's Real-Time Prescription Benefit Standard; social determinants of health (SDOH); leveraging big data; legal updates; ePrescribing pet medications, and more.

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  • Highlights Include Newly Elected Board Members, Announcement of Award Recipients, Keynoters and Featured Speakers Headlining the Conference, and State of the Association Report
    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NCPDP announced today highlights from its 2022 Annual Technology & Business Conference , "Be BOLD.
  • Pooja Babbrah, MBA, PBM Practice Lead, Point-of-Care Partners, was appointed Chair of the NCPDP Board of Trustees.
  • Mara N. Mitchel, Vice President, Pharmacy Programs, Oscar Health, was appointed Vice Chair of the NCPDP Board of Trustees.
  • For more information about NCPDP Standards, Data Services, Products, Educational Programs and Work Group meetings, go online at http://www.ncpdp.org or call 480.477.1000.

Sonesta International Hotels Corporation Adds Four New York City Hotels

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

NEWTON, Mass., April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (Sonesta), one of the fastest-growing hotel companies in the U.S., today announced an investment in four boutique and lifestyle hotels in New York City. The hotels are all located in Midtown and were formerly known as The Benjamin, The Shelburne Hotel & Suites, the Gardens Suites Hotel and the Fifty Hotel & Suites. Each hotel will be rebranded under Sonesta's portfolio of dynamic brands and operate as The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York, The Shelburne Sonesta New York, The Gardens Sonesta ES Suites New York and The Fifty Sonesta Select New York. The hotels were previously owned by Denihan Hospitality Group, which will continue to own a minority interest in the hotels.

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  • Sonesta Adds 918 Guest Rooms, Including 524 Suites, Across Four Sonesta Brands
    NEWTON, Mass., April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (Sonesta), one of the fastest-growing hotel companies in the U.S., today announced an investment in four boutique and lifestyle hotels in New York City.
  • Each hotel will be rebranded under Sonesta's portfolio of dynamic brands and operate as The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York , The Shelburne Sonesta New York , The Gardens Sonesta ES Suites New York and The Fifty Sonesta Select New York .
  • The four hotels comprising Sonesta's New York City hotel portfolio are:
    The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York represents Sonesta's first distinctive full-service property in Manhattan.
  • You will find nearly 300 hotels under one of Sonesta's seven brands Royal Sonesta ; Sonesta Hotels & Resorts ; Sonesta Select ; Sonesta ES Suites ; Sonesta Simply Suites ; Sonesta Posadas del Inca ; Sonesta Cruise Collection operating in the U.S., Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Peru, and St. Maarten.

Daniel Forman Joins Ropes & Gray in New York as a Partner in the Capital Markets Practice

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Monday, April 18, 2022

NEW YORK, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global law firm Ropes & Gray today announced that Daniel Forman has joined the firm's 500-lawyer New York office as a partner in the capital markets practice.

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  • NEW YORK, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global law firm Ropes & Gray today announced that Daniel Forman has joined the firm's 500-lawyer New York office as a partner in the capital markets practice.
  • Law360 named Ropes & Gray a 2021 "Capital Markets Practice Group of the Year."
  • "Daniel's deep client experience complements our capital markets practice, recognized as among the best in the world," said Julie Jones, chair.
  • "Daniel is a versatile capital markets partner with significant experience leading issuers and underwriters in a broad range of transactions across industry sectors," said Paul Tropp, co-head of the firm's capital markets practice.

benjamin Momentum Accelerating with Strong Sales Growth and Successful Funding Pitch on ScratchWorks - Season 4

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

ATLANTA, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- benjamin, the only business support system driven by AI and specifically designed for the wealth management industry, announced today record revenue growth results combined with a successful funding pitch to the luminary investors of ScratchWorks, the wealth management industry's elite fintech accelerator.

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  • Combine that with a visionary leader and a powerful mission, and benjamin could be a real game-changer for the industry."
  • "This new partnership promises to further accelerate our growth and we look forward to delivering great things to our current and prospective clients.
  • benjamin elegantly automates a myriad of time-consuming and menial yet imperative tasks, providing the advisor more time to foster value-added client relationships.
  • Originally created by a multi-billion dollar investment advisory firm, benjamin is now independent, and used by financial advisors nationwide to better serve both current and future families.

Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 M&A Shareholders to Growing New York Corporate Practice

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

NEW YORK, March 28, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its nationally-recognized Corporate Practice with two new additions: Elina Alperovich and Serena Y. Shi, who both join as shareholders in the firm's New York office with a focus on private equity mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Alperovich joins from Apollo Global Management Inc. and Shi comes from Latham & Watkins LLP.

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  • Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Alperovich and Shi previously worked together at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, and have experience representing major private equity firms.
  • Achi is also co-chair of the New York Corporate Practice, and Bornstein is also co-chair of the firm's global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice and of the firm's global Patent Litigation Group .
  • Peter H. Lieberman , co-chair of the firm's Global Corporate Practice, commented: "These additions reflect our ongoing commitment to continue growing our practice with top-level talent to meet client demand.
  • About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2400 attorneys in 42 locations in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.

SLAM Acquires REE and Gold Project

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Monday, February 28, 2022

The expanded property comprises 400 mineral claim units covering 8,534 hectares of ground with elevated potential for gold, REE and copper-molybdenum mineralization.

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  • The expanded property comprises 400 mineral claim units covering 8,534 hectares of ground with elevated potential for gold, REE and copper-molybdenum mineralization.
  • The Menneval Project: The Company expects to complete additional work to test a swarm of new gold veins discovered in its 2020-21 drilling program on its flagship Menneval Gold project.
  • In addition to Menneval and the Benjamin River properties, the Company owns the Gold Brook, Birch Lake gold, Wilson gold and Ramsay gold projects in the vicinity of the Puma Exploration Ltd. gold discovery at Williams Brook on the Millstream Break.
  • SLAM owns the Keezhik and Miminiska gold projects in Ontario and the Mount Uniacke gold project in Nova Scotia.

Somerville Public Schools Win the Get Active Coding Challenge with Unruly Studios and Patriots Star Jonathan Jones

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

In December, schools across the country competed in the Jonathan Jones Get Active Coding Challenge using Unruly Splats, programmable floor buttons that students code to light up, make sounds, and collect points when stomped on.

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  • In December, schools across the country competed in the Jonathan Jones Get Active Coding Challenge using Unruly Splats, programmable floor buttons that students code to light up, make sounds, and collect points when stomped on.
  • Over 60 schools participated in the Get Active Coding Challenge tallying over 2.3 million stomps in just the month of December.
  • "We're thrilled to see that Somerville Public Schools, one of our earliest school partners, is as enthusiastic as ever about Unruly Splats and the winner of the Get Active Coding Challenge," said Bryanne Leeming, CEO and Founder of Unruly Studios.
  • Unruly Studios is the creator of Unruly Splats , a cross-curricular computer science education program that combines coding with active-play.

Kramer Levin Elevates Three to Counsel and Four to Special Counsel

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Monday, January 3, 2022

Kramer Levin is pleased to announce the promotions of Darina F. Delappe, Lancelot Montmeterme and Jennifer R. Sharret to counsel and the promotions of Jennifer Raiola Danzo, Jeffrey H Taub, M. Mendel Trapedo and Eleni Zanias to special counsel.

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  • Kramer Levin is pleased to announce the promotions of Darina F. Delappe, Lancelot Montmeterme and Jennifer R. Sharret to counsel and the promotions of Jennifer Raiola Danzo, Jeffrey H Taub, M. Mendel Trapedo and Eleni Zanias to special counsel.
  • Co-managing partners Paul H. Schoeman and Howard T. Spilko said, We congratulate our new counsel and special counsel, applaud all they have accomplished, and look forward to their continued success.
  • She also advises clients on co-investments, seed investments, the organization of joint ventures and various compliance matters.
  • Kramer Levin provides its clients proactive, creative and pragmatic solutions that address todays most challenging legal issues.

Vision Lithium To Acquire New Lithium Property in Quebec

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

The Property is easily accessible by year-round, well-maintained roads and a regional powerline runs parallel to the road through the Property.

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  • The Property is easily accessible by year-round, well-maintained roads and a regional powerline runs parallel to the road through the Property.
  • Lithium crystals have been observed in all 4 dikes on the Property, with large lithium crystals visible in some areas (Figure 3).
  • Vision Lithium Inc. is a junior exploration company focused on exploring and developing high quality mineral assets including lithium and copper in Canada.
  • Vision Lithium is committed to discovering new, world-class assets and bringing these assets to production, starting with the Property to be acquired pursuant to the Transaction, its Godslith lithium property located in Manitoba; the Sirmac lithium property and the Dme Lemieux porphyry/skarn copper-zinc property, both located in Quebec; and its skarn and breccia polymetallic Red Brook and Benjamin properties in Northern New Brunswick.

Eide Bailly Financial Services Selects benjamin for Workflow Automation and Client Experience Technology

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Monday, November 29, 2021

benjamin's AI-driven workflow automation engine will be deployed by EBFS to automate a number of processes, including the client meeting process from end to end.

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  • benjamin's AI-driven workflow automation engine will be deployed by EBFS to automate a number of processes, including the client meeting process from end to end.
  • As part of that workflow automation, benjamin automatically delivers timely communications directly with the client with no human involvement to calendar the next meeting.
  • Post meeting, benjamin updates EBFS's CRM with the notes from the meeting and then automatically communicates with the client to schedule the next follow up meeting.
  • First up on EBFS's workflow automation projects with benjamin will be to streamline account oversight through alerts on cash and activity levels.