EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Media interested in covering the event must RSVP with Melissa Dyrdahl at MelissaD@ichpnet.org. CHICAGO - Northwestern University opioid-addiction expert Sterling Elliott will moderate a panel discussion on the opioid epidemic at the Sept. 12 annual meeting of the Illinois Council of Health System Pharmacists. The event will feature former NFL player and recovering drug addict Ryan O'Callaghan, whose fear  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Zellis Group, a portfolio company of the Apax Funds providing HR, payroll, and benefits administration software, on reaching a definitive agreement to acquire Benify, a provider of employee benefits administration software, from Vitruvian Partners. As part of the transaction, Benify will be combined with Zellis Group's benefits administration software and employee engagemen  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland advised KKR and its portfolio company CIRCOR International, Inc., a provider of mission critical flow control products and services for the industrial and aerospace and defense markets, on the sale of CIRCOR's severe-service industrial valve providers DeltaValve and TapcoEnproto, to SCF Partners. Their products are used in more than 50 countries to enhance automation and employee safety, r  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis represented Warburg Pincus in the formation of its inaugural capital solutions fund, Warburg Pincus Capital Solutions Founders Fund (WPCS FF). The fund closed with total commitments of over $4 billion, significantly exceeding its initial target of $2.0 billion. The fund is dedicated to pursuing thesis-based investing opportunities in curated structured transactions, capitalizing on  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising Warburg Pincus on its minority investment in Aztec Group, an international fund and corporate services provider. The transaction will also see Warburg Pincus become a key client of Aztec Group. The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Keir MacLennan, Adrian Maguire and Jiri Peterka and associates Jack Evans, Fiona Coffee, George Rawlinson, Matthew Barbato, Ece Os  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Mayer Brown advised the investment company INDUS Holding AG on the acquisition of 75% of the shares in DECKMA Decksmaschinen und Automation Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Rosengarten. The listed holding company for medium-sized companies is thus expanding its Engineering segment with a further portfolio company. As a system provider for technical ship equipment, DECKMA specializes in lighting and fire alarm systems,   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news on Sept. 4, 2024: Mayer Brown announced today that Sonali D. Patel has joined the firm as a partner in its Global Investigations & White Collar Defense practice. Sonali previously served as assistant chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit of the Department of Justice. She is only the second woman of color ever to hold a leadership position in the Unit. Sonali will reside in the firm's Washington DC   more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump will face off in their first televised debate on Tuesday in Philadelphia.  "Kamala Harris has to leverage her prosecutorial skill set to rattle Trump and force him to lose his cool," says Northwestern political science professor Jaime Dominguez. Dominguez, along with the following professors from political science and law, are available to c  more

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 4 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Shannon Gleeson, the ILR School's Edmund Ezra Day Professor, and co-author Xochitl Bada of the University of Illinois Chicago have won the 2024 Best Book Award by the American Political Science Association Latin@/x Caucus. "Scaling Migrant Worker Rights: How Advocates Collaborate and Contest State Power " was published by University of California Press (2023). Gleeson will accept the award on Friday at the 2024 Americ  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Opportunity hoarding has gained attention over the last several years, particularly after the 2019 Varsity Blues Scandal in which wealthy, well-known parents used their money, status and privilege to illegally get their children into university.  This example highlights the extreme of opportunity hoarding, but a recent Northwestern University study suggests that these kinds of behaviors allow high-SES (s  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Opportunity hoarding has gained attention over the last several years, particularly after the 2019 Varsity Blues Scandal in which wealthy, well-known parents used their money, status and privilege to illegally get their children into university.  This example highlights the extreme of opportunity hoarding, but a recent Northwestern University study suggests that these kinds of behaviors allow high-SES (s  more