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Faegre Drinker boosts restructuring group with twin US partner hires 19 February 2021 Richard Bernard and Scott Gautier join from Foley & Lardner and Robins Kaplan respectively Los Angeles Shutterstock Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath has hired a pair of restructuring partners as it seeks to expand its US East and West Coast finance and restructuring practice group, part of a broader global push to grow its business in this area. Richard Bernard joins from Foley & Lardner in New York, while Scott Gautier joins form Robins Kaplan in Los Angeles where he was chair of its corporate restructuring ...

Kenneth Frazier, North Philadelphia native and one of the only Black Fortune 500 CEOs, is retiring CNNWire PHILADELPHIA -- Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, who is currently one of the few Black CEOs of a Fortune 500 company, is retiring in June, ending a nearly 30-year run with the company. The pharmaceutical giant announced the change Thursday, naming Chief Financial Officer Robert Davis as its new leader effective July 1. Frazier has served as Merck's CEO since 2011 and had made headlines in recent years for his statements on racial justice and his public tussles with former President Donald Trum...

Top federal prosecutor for eastern Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney William McSwain, announces resignation Peter Hall, The Morning Call U.S. Attorney William McSwain, the top federal prosecutor for eastern Pennsylvania, announced his resignation Wednesday ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. McSwain was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2018 and led the U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia with an emphasis on fighting violent crime and public corruption, including obtaining lengthy prison sentences for former Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski and his former camp...