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Winston & Strawn LLP QSR magazine / Jan 22, 2021

Charger Investment Partners today announced the completion of a growth investment in Beans & Brews Coffeehouse in partnership with the company's founders, Jeff and Kevin Laramie on December 31. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Winston & Strawn LLP RestaurantNews.com / Jan 22, 2021

Los Angeles, CA (RestaurantNews.com ) Charger Investment Partners ("Charger") today announced the completion of a growth investment in B&B Coffeehouse (dba "Beans & Brews") in partnership with the company's founders, Jeff and Kevin Laramie on December 31, 2020. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Winston & Strawn LLP Law360 / Jan 20, 2021

The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. 50509 Marine, upholding a company's defined plan termination liability under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 20 years after that business liquidated, highlights issues that owners need to consider upon company dissolution, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

Winston & Strawn LLP Mondaq News Alerts / Jan 20, 2021

China's Supreme People's Court recently issued a judicial interpretation regarding the adjudication of civil suits for trade secret theft (the Judicial Interpretation ). Effective September 12, 2020, this Interpretation adds another dimension of considerations for private rights-holders seeking to enforce trade secrets in mainland China.

Winston & Strawn LLP The Wall Street Journal / Jan 15, 2021

A new executive order by President Trump attempts to clear up questions about what American investors must do to divest securities of a growing list of companies that the U.S. says help the Chinese military. The order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to clarify fuzzy rules related to a Nov.

Winston & Strawn LLP Human Rights Campaign / Jan 14, 2021

HRC TO HOST "THE POWER OF EQUALITY," ONLINE LGBTQ INAUGURAL EVENT COMMEMORATING HISTORIC ELECTION OF JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS: The event will feature a number of special guests, including actor, singer and activist Billy Porter; actor Matt Bomer; Senators Tammy Baldwin, John Hickenlooper and Jeff Merkley; Representatives Angie Craig, Sharice Davids and Ritchie Torres; and more.

Winston & Strawn LLP Law Street Media / Jan 14, 2021

On Tuesday, Judge Liam O'Grady declined Cox Communications, Inc. and Cox Com, LLC's (collectively, Cox) invitation to reassess a ten-figure verdict entered against it for infringing on the plaintiffs' copyrighted works. The court so ordered after determining that Cox's failure to present evidence at trial as to which works were derivative or duplicative of others, and thereby excluded from the damages figure, doomed its after-the-fact motion.

Winston & Strawn LLP PRNewswire / Jan 13, 2021

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 24, 2020, double-amputee sprinter Blake Leeper filed a new application with international track and field federation World Athletics (formerly known as IAAF), to permit him to compete on the same basis against able-bodied athletes in the Olympic Games and World Athletics series competitions using new running-specific prosthetics (RSPs).

Winston & Strawn LLP Global Legal Chronicle / Jan 13, 2021

Winston & Strawn represented The Jordan Company in the transaction, while Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Specialty Building Products and MDP. The Jordan Company, L.P. ("TJC") executed the acquisition of a majority stake in Specialty Building Products, LLC ("Company" or "SBP"), a leading distributor of specialty building products in North America, from funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP").

Winston & Strawn LLP PRNewswire / Jan 12, 2021

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 24, 2020, double-amputee sprinter Blake Leeper filed a new application with international track and field federation World Athletics (formerly known as IAAF), to permit him to compete on the same basis against able-bodied athletes in the Olympic Games and World Athletics series competitions using new running-specific prosthetics (RSPs).

Winston & Strawn LLP Yahoo Finance / Jan 11, 2021

Edgemont closes its sixth post-acute services transaction in four months Edgemont Partners ("Edgemont"), a premier healthcare investment bank and a leading M&A and capital raising advisor, acted as exclusive financial advisor to The Adaptive Group ("Adaptive" or the "Company") in its sale to Help at Home ("Help at Home"), a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, L.P.