BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Charlesbank Capital Partners in connection with its strategic investment in Aprio, a leading business advisory and accounting firm. The announcement was made in a July 11 press release. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Boston and New York, Charlesbank Capital Partners is a middle-market private investment firm with more than $18 billion of capital ra  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: In an article for Bloomberg Law, litigation & enforcement partner Amy Jane Longo discussed the implications of the SEC's increased focus on cybersecurity and its decision to charge R.R. Donnelley & Sons with accounting violations. "In a way [the decision] suggests that even if you get the disclosure right, the SEC enforcement may be focused on the underlying process, even where it doesn't take issue with t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: In a Westlaw Practical Law Q&A column, life sciences regulatory & compliance partner Joshua Oyster and associate Helen Ryan reviewed the federal legal and regulatory framework that controls the research, approval and marketing of psychedelic drug products. The Q&A addresses topics such as the types of drugs that are categorized under the term "psychedelic", the role of the Food and Drug Administration and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Litigation & enforcement partner Amy Jane Longo has been named by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the 2024 Leaders of Influence: Litigators and Trial Attorneys. The annual list recognizes the very best litigators and trial attorneys in the region who "are the trusted advisors you want in your corner in court." The LA Business Journal highlighted Amy's 25 years of experience in securities litiga  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Bill Ackman, hedge fund manager, recently began marketing the initial public offering of Pershing Square USA Ltd., a US closed-end fund that could raise as much as $25 billion. Asset management partner Mike Doherty discussed the details of the fund in a recent Bloomberg article. Pershing Square USA is a perpetual fund, with no option to liquidate or extend the fund's life upon shareholders' approval. That'  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz Member Esteban Morales has been recognized by Los Angeles Business Journal in its 2024 "Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys" list which recognizes lawyers who "go to the proverbial mat to fight for their clients," according to the publication. A class action and consumer defense lawyer, Esteban routinely handles litigation and compliance issues related to marketing, consumer outreach, a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz Member Randy Jones will be inducted into the National Bar Association's "Fred David Gray Hall of Fame" at its 99th Annual Convention on July 18, 2024. The recognition honors lawyers who have made significant contributions to the cause of justice in the legal profession and have practiced for at least 40 years. An esteemed trial lawyer, civil litigator, and former federal prosecutor, Randy represents l  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Bernardo Picao, a graduate student in physics, has turned to MIT Open Learning's resources throughout his educational journey. * * * By Lauren Rebecca Thacker, MIT Open Learning Bernardo Picao has been interested in online learning since the early days of YouTube, when his father showed him a TED Talk. But it was with MIT Open Learning that he realized just how transformational   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new technique enables users to compare several large models and choose the one that works best for their task. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Foundation models are massive deep-learning models that have been pretrained on an enormous amount of general-purpose, unlabeled data. They can be applied to a variety of tasks, like generating images or answering customer question  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Anikeeva, who conducts research at the intersection of materials science, electronics, and neurobiology, succeeds Caroline Ross. * * * By Mary Beth Gallagher, School of Engineering Polina Anikeeva PhD '09, the Matoula S. Salapatas Professor at MIT, has been named the new head of MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), effective July 1. "Professor Anikeeva's   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A trailblazer in electron microscopy, Vander Sande is remembered for his dedication to teaching, service, and global collaboration. * * * By Jason Sparapani, Department of Materials Science and Engineering MIT Professor Emeritus John B. Vander Sande, a pioneer in electron microscopy and beloved educator and advisor known for his warmth and empathetic instruction, died Ju  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on July 15, 2024, with psychotherapist and author Lisa Varchol Perron: * * * "All the Rocks We Love" is a new picture book by MIT Professor Taylor Perron and Lisa Varchol Perron. * * * By Paige Colley, EAPS It's no secret that children love rocks: playing on them, stacking them, even sneaking them home in pockets. This universal curiosity about the world around us is what inspi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain's normal balance between stability and excitability. By Anne Trafton, MIT News There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how these drugs cause the brain to lose consciousness has been a longstanding question, but MIT neuroscientists have now ans  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nutter is serving as legal counsel to SSB Community Bancorp, MHC, the holding company for Cornerstone Bank, in connection with its agreement to combine holding companies with PeoplesBancorp, MHC, the holding company for PeoplesBank. While the merger agreement will unify the holding companies, both banks will continue operating under separate names and brands for the foreseeable future. The Nutter team is be  more