BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * AMSTED Industries Completes Refinancing Transactions Ropes & Gray represented AMSTED Industries Incorporated in a $500 million issuance of 6.375% senior notes due 2033, as well as the refinancing of AMSTED's $1.4 billion credit facility and the extension of its $225 million AR securitization facility. The company concurrently with the notes offering completed a tender offer  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 11 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * COVID-19 in 2025: 'A Constant Threat, but a Manageable One' As we enter the sixth year of life with COVID-19, SPH faculty members Davidson Hamer, Laura White, Jonathan Levy, Patricia Fabian, Brooke Nichols, Matt Motta, Timothy Callaghan, and Jennifer Weuve discuss how they expect the virus to evolve, and how we can apply lessons learned to mitigate future suffering from COVID-19 and   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 11 -- Flagship Pioneering, a bioplatform innovation company, issued the following news release: * * * Flagship Pioneering Unveils Lila Sciences to Build Superintelligence in Science AI platform combined with autonomous labs will accelerate discovery across every domain of science Company has raised $200M in seed financing to further develop platform and build first AI Science Factories CAMBRIDGE, MA; March 10, 2025 - Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innov  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Denounces President Trump's Decision to Cut $12 Million in Federal Funding to Feed Children, Support Local Farmers in Massachusetts Boston -- Governor Maura Healey is criticizing the Trump Administration for cancelling more than $12 million in federal funding to provide local, healthy food to child care programs and schools in Massachusetts. On Friday night, the Mass  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Energy Affordability Agenda to Deliver $220 Million in Immediate Relief, Save $5.8 Billion over 5 Years Lowell -- Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration outlined its Energy Affordability Agenda to identify and advance actions to lower energy bills for Massachusetts residents by $220 million starting in April and save $5.8 billion for elect  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGovern Institute for Brain Research issued the following news on March 10, 2025: * * * How nature organizes itself, from brain cells to ecosystems McGovern Institute researchers develop a mathematical model to help define how modularity occurs in the brain -- and across nature. Look around, and you'll see it everywhere: the way trees form branches, the way cities divide into neighborhoods, the way the brain org  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 11 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Mintz Attorneys Shortlisted for 2025 Managing Intellectual Property Americas Awards Michael Renaud, Chair of Mintz's Intellectual Property Division, and Member Terri Shieh-Newton have been named finalists in Managing IP's Americas Awards 2025. The program is the most comprehensive and widely respected IP law firm awards event in the legal industry and covers several IP practice areas and more than 5  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 11 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Mintz Named LSPN Awards USA 2025 Life Sciences IP Firm of the Year Finalist Mintz is a finalist for the "Life Sciences IP Firm of the Year" category in the inaugural Life Sciences Patent Network (LSPN) Awards USA 2025. The awards are organized by Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review and celebrate excellence across the industry--from trailblazing individuals to firms redefining the boundaries o  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A: * * * 3 Questions: Visualizing research in the age of AI Felice Frankel discusses the implications of generative AI when communicating science visually. By Melanie M. Kaufman, Department of Chemical Engineering For over 30 years, science photographer Felice Frankel has helped MIT professors, researchers, and students communicate their work visually. Throughout that time, she has seen the  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 10, 2025: * * * Study: Climate change will reduce the number of satellites that can safely orbit in space Increasing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the atmosphere's ability to burn up old space junk, MIT scientists report. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News MIT aerospace engineers have found that greenhouse gas emissions are changing the environment of near-Earth space in ways tha  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 10, 2025: * * * Study: Tuberculosis relies on protective genes during airborne transmission The findings provide new drug targets for stopping the infection's spread. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are thrust into a comparatively hostile environment, with drastic chan  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Advises Bain Capital on $5.4 billion Acquisition of Supermarket & Specialty Stores Businesses from Seven & i Holdings Ropes & Gray advised long term client Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm, on its agreement to acquire certain grocery, specialty and other retail businesses from Seven & i Holdings, in a transaction valued at 814.7 billion ye  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Advises Pamlico Capital on $1.75 Billion Fund Ropes & Gray advised Pamlico Capital, a leading lower middle-market private equity firm, on the final close of Pamlico Capital VI ("PC VI") at the fund's hard cap of $1.75 billion. The fund close was announced in a press release on March 10, 2025. Pamlico Capital is focused on growth equity and buyout opportunities   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 11 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Ten Mintz Attorneys Recognized in JD Supra's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards JD Supra has recognized ten Mintz attorneys in its 2025 Readers' Choice Awards. The awards recognize attorneys and firms whose articles on the JD Supra platform were most read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals during 2024. Mintz's 'Top Author' list includes: * Thomas Burton (Energy) * K  more