BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 25 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Officer Rosa Nunez was named to the 2024 Top 15 Influential Women in Diversity by DiversityGlobal magazine. The women recognized were nominated via diversity executives and organizational leaders for making a difference in the DEI space within their organizations and communities. An independent editorial board reviewed the selected those with a demonstrat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 25 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) today recognized students from 63 schools across Massachusetts with Green Team Awards for outstanding environmental stewardship and educational activities. Green Team is a statewide program sponsored by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and MassDEP to empower st  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 25 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration and Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) today announced that Applegreen Electric, Global Partners and Weston & Sampson are the vendors selected to help advance the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program in Massachusetts and create a network of reliable fast charging stations for electric vehicles (  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Governor Maura T. Healey today recommended three individuals to the Governor's Council for pardons: Danis Reyes, William Veal and Kenny Jean. Governor Healey made history last year by becoming the first Governor in 30 years to recommend pardons in her first elected year. To date, the Governor's Council has approved all 13 of her pardon recommendations, as well as her nation-le  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 25 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news on May 24, 2024: Ropes & Gray represented the underwriters in Chimera Investment Corporation's offering of $65 million in 9.000% senior notes due 2029. The closing of the transaction was announced in a May 22 press release. Chimera is a publicly traded real estate investment trust, or REIT, that is primarily engaged in the business of investing in mortgage assets through its subsidiaries on a leveraged basi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 25 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Takeda Pharmaceuticals in a collaboration and exclusive license agreement with Degron Therapeutics to discover and develop novel molecular glue degraders for multiple targets in oncology, neuroscience and inflammation. The transaction was announced on May 23. Takeda and Degron will collaborate to use Degron's GlueXplorer platform to identify, validate and optimize molecular glue degrade  more