The global nonprofit – Points of Light – has named Jennifer Sirangelo as its new president and CEO beginning Sept. 5. But she is not moving to Atlanta.
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A national service response to a national disaster
Faris Albakheet, left, of Busboys and Poets, and Robert Laster of Saval Foodservice, distribute free food to restaurant industry workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic at Fourteenth and V Streets Northwest in Washington, D.C., on April 17. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) By AnnMaura Connolly and Eric Tanenblatt, Dentons Ed. note: This article was originally published in […]
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Status of Executive Orders in Georgia
By Eric Tanenblatt, Samuel Olens, Dan Baskerville, Sharon Gay, Edward Lindsey, Ceasar Mitchell and Crawford G. Schneider On March 13, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Since that time the virus has exploded in the United States leading to four federal relief bills and a litany of executive orders on the state level. Georgia, home to […]
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the US
By Dentons United States COVID-19 (Coronavirus) hub: As COVID-19 continues to develop in the US and globally, governments, industries, and clients continue to adapt to the emerging challenges. Dentons has formed a multi-disciplinary COVID-19/Pandemic Client Special Situations Team (PSST) in the US to facilitate, accelerate and proactively support client service. Our full team can be […]
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the US – Policy and Government Update
By Dentons In response to the evolving COVID-19 epidemic, Dentons US has launched a cross-practice COVID-19 special situations team to help navigate this fast-moving situation, drawing on the full scope of our global legal, policy and innovation capabilities. Below please find links to a recorded webinar about the US government’s response to COVID-19. During the […]
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Atlanta CLE Seminar and networking reception for In-House Counsel
Dentons will host an Atlanta CLE Seminar and Networking Reception for In-house Counsel on March 19. The CLE event will discuss topics including: lawyers and the media, state attorneys general investigations, cybersecurity and privacy, and employment law. Dentons will be hosting a networking reception for attendees immediately following the program. Attendees can earn up to […]
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US Policy Scan 2019
After two years of Republican control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, many wait with bated breath for the 116th Congress to commence. Democrats emerged from the midterm elections in control of the House of Representatives, allowing them to block much of President Trump’s agenda and exercise the oversight and investigatory powers […]
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Column: Rotary Club of Atlanta initiative to aid Syrian refugee crisis
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on June 8, 2018
Already, the Atlanta Rotary Club has raised $50,000 for its new Jordanian initiative. That is expected to be matched by Rotary District 6900 to make it $100,000, which in turn is expected to be matched by Rotary International – for a total of $200,000.
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In era of government scarcity, public-private partnerships bridge community needs
By Eric Tanenblatt, Rick Jackson [Ed. note: This article first appeared in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.] Solving problems like poverty, or inequities in housing, education or healthcare, is an expensive undertaking, and the gap between what’s required and what’s actually available, especially from public resource pools, is dramatic and widening. With every passing day, the social and […]
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Dentons approves Hawai`i combination expanding its presence in Pacific
Dentons becomes the first multinational law firm with a substantial formal presence in Hawai`i and reinforces its standing as a Pacific powerhouse through combination with Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing May 21, 2018 — Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, today announced that it voted to formally combine with affiliate firm Alston Hunt Floyd […]
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In giving back, businesses should ask: What Would Bernie Do?
By Eric Tanenblatt When Rick Jackson, who parlayed a fractious adolescence in foster care to become one of Georgia’s most successful businessmen and most dedicated philanthropists, approached me last year to join in launching a first-of-its-kind corporate charity initiative to help local businesses find creative ways to give back, I enthusiastically agreed. goBeyondProfit, as Rick pitched […]
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Dentons appoints Atlanta policy professionals to global and local leadership posts
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces the elevation of members of its award-winning Public Policy practice to leadership positions. Eric Tanenblatt, former chief of staff to then-Governor Sonny Perdue (R-GA), now US Secretary of Agriculture under President Donald Trump, and longtime strategist who served in three Republican presidential administrations, has been named chair […]
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Preparing for our electric, autonomous future
By Eric Tanenblatt Truly autonomous vehicles—that is, those not requiring drivers—will be freely navigating public roads in Georgia this year, marking the culmination of nearly two centuries of research and development of internal combustion engines and machine learning. Finally, for the first time in the history of the gasoline-powered engines, these recent developments in artificial […]
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Former Georgia AG Sam Olens joining Dentons law firm
Former Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens is starting a new chapter in his life – joining Dentons, the largest law firm in the world.
Before joining Denton’s, Olens served a relatively brief stint as president of Kennesaw State University, a role he held for about year before he resigned under pressure last December.
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Dentons strengthens Atlanta office with the addition of marquee litigator Mark Trigg
Dentons, the global law firm, today announces that nationally-recognized Atlanta litigator Mark G. Trigg will join the Firm as partner. Experienced in a wide array of complex commercial litigation, and known high-profile engagements in the entertainment and sports industries, he joins the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and will be resident in its Atlanta […]
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As Atlanta’s skyline grows, so does city’s affordable housing crisis
By Steven Labovitz The cityscape, culture, and even color of our bustling city in the forest is changing faster these days than most people’s socks. Everywhere in Atlanta massive, new structures are going up as older, crumbling ones are razed. What was once a blighted factory on the east side is now trendy loft space […]
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Driverless cars are the future, but Ga. law could delay it
By Eric Tanenblatt Editor’s Note: This commentary originally ran in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution Those of us who called Atlanta home in 1990 — when the world’s great cities openly mocked our bid to host the Centennial Olympic Games as a threadbare offering from a ramshackle town — recognize a similar stirring across our city today. Then […]
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Join CARE’s Walk in Her Shoes to Help End Poverty for Women and Girls
By Nicole Harris, CARE Media Relations Manager For more than 20 years of our 70-year history, CARE has been headquartered in Atlanta. From our bright orange building at the corner of Piedmont and Ellis St, we help provide women, girls and their families with the information, resources and skills needed to reach their full potential […]
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The four public policy questions every startup should ask–but isn’t
Almost everyone you encounter these days is nursing aspirations they might develop the “next Uber.” Now, most of these apps will fail, but a select few will fundamentally reorder the way we live.
