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JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DGC DISCOVERY AWARD PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON EMERGING DIRECTORS

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2023 /CNW/ - The Directors Guild of Canada is proud to announce the 11 long-listed films for the 2023 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award, highlighting some of the top up-and-coming directors to watch out for this festival season.

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  • TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2023 /CNW/ - The Directors Guild of Canada is proud to announce the 11 long-listed films for the 2023 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award, highlighting some of the top up-and-coming directors to watch out for this festival season.
  • "These bold, fearless filmmakers are extraordinary new voices in the landscape of Canadian cinema," said Warren P. Sonoda, DGC President.
  • Last year, the Discovery Award was rededicated to long-time DGC Director Member Jean-Marc Vallée.
  • The Discovery Award Jury is chaired by Danishka Esterhazy, along with Trevor Mack, Titus Heckel, Heather Young, Geordie Sabbagh, Andrea Martinez Crowther, Ariel Nasr and Yasmin Mathurin.

CARET Announces Two New Additions to Executive Team

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

SAN DIEGO, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CARET, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, today announces the addition of two new members to the executive team that will continue to accelerate the company’s growth.

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  • SAN DIEGO, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CARET, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, today announces the addition of two new members to the executive team that will continue to accelerate the company’s growth.
  • “I’m excited to join the incredibly talented team at CARET to serve the evolving needs of legal and accounting professionals,” states Trimble.
  • “Partnerships are critical in providing customers the breadth of offerings to empower their success in driving critical client outcomes,” states Anderson.
  • “I look forward to working with the CARET team as well as our valued partners to continue raising the bar in delivering solutions that create space for legal and accounting professionals.”
    “I’m thrilled to have such talented leaders join our leadership team,” states Keri Gohman, CEO, CARET.

CARET Legal Streamlines Law Firm Operations with the Introduction of Enterprise Advance

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Monday, March 20, 2023

SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CARET, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, today announced a new subscription offering dubbed Enterprise Advance, expanding the capabilities of CARET Legal to include advanced document automation, powered by HotDocs.

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  • SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CARET, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, today announced a new subscription offering dubbed Enterprise Advance, expanding the capabilities of CARET Legal to include advanced document automation, powered by HotDocs.
  • Easily accessible within the CARET Legal platform, this advanced document automation allows legal teams to easily create customized, error-free templates and documents in a fraction of the time, freeing them to focus on clients and legal practice.
  • CARET Legal, previously known as Zola Suite, is an award-winning practice management solution for legal professionals.
  • CARET Legal and HotDocs will be showcased in booth 1115 at Legalweek running March 20-23 in New York.

AbacusNext Rebrands as CARET to Unify Technology and Automation Solutions for Legal and Accounting Professionals

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AbacusNext®, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, today announced that the company has rebranded as CARET to further unite the family of the most successful brands in professional service automation and technology.

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  • SAN DIEGO, Feb. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AbacusNext®, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, today announced that the company has rebranded as CARET to further unite the family of the most successful brands in professional service automation and technology.
  • “Legal and accounting firms have an outsized impact on the world as the most important advisors to their clients,” states Keri Gohman, CEO, CARET.
  • This award-winning platform will harness the power of CARET’s document automation software, HotDocs, by embedding it into an advanced subscription designed for larger, more complex legal firms.
  • CARET Legal and the new subscription offering will be showcased at ABA TECHSHOW taking place March 1-4 in Chicago and at Legalweek running March 20-23 in New York.

Zola Suite Secures Ranking as Top Performing Legal Practice Management Platform by G2

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Monday, November 7, 2022

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AbacusNext, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, announced today that Zola Suite, the all-in-one legal practice management system, has been named the top performing product in the G2 Grid Report for Legal Practice Management for Fall 2022 .

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  • SAN DIEGO, Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AbacusNext, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, announced today that Zola Suite, the all-in-one legal practice management system, has been named the top performing product in the G2 Grid Report for Legal Practice Management for Fall 2022 .
  • In the entire legal practice management software category, Zola Suite ranks second out of 134 contenders in customer satisfaction.
  • Finally, users estimate that investing in Zola Suite yields expedited returns, with firms recouping their investment 31% faster than firms using other legal practice management platforms.
  • Zola Suite is the industrys only end-to-end legal practice management platform that connects front-office and back-office tools to deliver a single source of truth.

AbacusNext Extends Executive Team to Include Experts on Business Growth, Culture and Transformation

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Andy Burner, SVP of people strategy, and Stephanie Johnson, SVP of business transformation, have both joined the company to lead purposeful transformation and growth across the organization.

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  • Andy Burner, SVP of people strategy, and Stephanie Johnson, SVP of business transformation, have both joined the company to lead purposeful transformation and growth across the organization.
  • Burner comes to AbacusNext with broad HR, commercial and leadership experience across multiple countries in IT and high-growth SaaS companies.
  • Most recently he worked as COO for the Americas for Xero, a provider of accounting software for small businesses.
  • Xero scaled from 284,000 subscribers to 3.2 million subscribers and 750 employees to over 4,500 employees over his tenure.

Disney Original Documentary Announces New Feature Project on Nigerian Ballet Dancer Anthony Madu

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Friday, September 9, 2022

Following a successful premiere at Telluride Film Festival of the upcoming film If These Walls Could Sing, Disney Original Documentary announced today its next feature project, MADU.

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  • Following a successful premiere at Telluride Film Festival of the upcoming film If These Walls Could Sing, Disney Original Documentary announced today its next feature project, MADU.
  • The announcement precedes an appearance by Anthony Madu this weekend at D23, where a first look at the documentary will be exclusively shared with D23 fans.
  • From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Matt Ogens (Audible) and award-winning filmmaker Kachi Benson (Daughters of Chibok), the film will spotlight Nigerian ballet dancer Anthony Madu.
  • Anthonys journey is a beautiful one, full of courage, growth and acceptance, said Marjon Javadi, vice president of Disney Original Documentary.

AbacusNext Appoints Two New Board Members

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Monday, August 29, 2022

The board expansion will support the companys aggressive growth strategy focused on practice management solutions, a growing payments division and customer satisfaction initiatives.

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  • The board expansion will support the companys aggressive growth strategy focused on practice management solutions, a growing payments division and customer satisfaction initiatives.
  • Mackintosh currently serves on the board of AvidXchange, a leading provider of accounts payable automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers.
  • As leaders in practice management for professional services, AbacusNext has a vision that will help firms operate more efficiently, digitally and virtually, says Mackintosh.
  • AbacusNext is a leading software and integrated payments solutions provider, delivering best-in-class cloud applications to over 10,000 legal and accounting firms.

AbacusNext Announces the Addition of Jennifer Sherman as Chief Product and Experience Officer and Mike Summers as Chief People Officer

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Monday, April 25, 2022

SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AbacusNext, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, announced today the company has added Jennifer Sherman as chief product and experience officer and Mike Summers as chief people officer to the executive team.

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  • SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AbacusNext, a leading software provider for legal and accounting professionals, announced today the company has added Jennifer Sherman as chief product and experience officer and Mike Summers as chief people officer to the executive team.
  • Sherman comes to AbacusNext with extensive experience in the enterprise B2B software market focused on ERP, supply chain, CRM, e-commerce and payments product strategy and management.
  • Prior to joining AbacusNext, Sherman was chief product and experience officer at NMI.
  • Summers comes to AbacusNext with experience in a range of people and human resource executive roles across technology, consumer and industrial companies.

AbacusNext Launches APX Advanced Payment Processing to Over 10,000 Zola Suite, AbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney and OfficeTools Customers

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

APX is a payment processing solution that is fully integrated within AbacusNext practice management software for legal and accounting firms.

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  • APX is a payment processing solution that is fully integrated within AbacusNext practice management software for legal and accounting firms.
  • Firms using Zola Suite, AbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney and OfficeTools can now manage the entire billing, payments and collections process within their practice management platform where they also manage clients, projects and communications.
  • Kevin Gallagher, a payment processing and fintech industry veteran with over 25 years experience in B2B payments, has joined AbacusNext as general manager for its payments division.
  • Products include Zola Suite, AbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney, OfficeTools, HotDocs and Abacus Payments Exchange (APX).