• Suzanne Bates, Founder/CEO of Bates Communications, has signed a contract with McGraw-Hill to publish her third book Build Your CEO Brand. Suzanne is an author of two previous books with McGraw-Hill, Speak Like A CEO and Motivate Like A CEO. Her newest book will be published in 2011

• Steve Henry, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in Business Week, Bloomberg News and Chemical & Engineering News in regard to the Bilski decision. Boston Business Journal quoted Steve in an article titled “Tread Carefully When In The Hunt For Fire-Sale IP,” and FDA News sought out his insights on patenting of business methods and personalized medicine

• Joe Gray, Managing Principal, Longfellow Benefits, was interviewed by Boston Business Journal for his take on the second-quarter 2010 Economic Outlook Survey

• Bob Carey M.D., author of Patients Teach A Doctor About Life And Death (Xlibris), was featured in The Boston Globe in an article titled “Doctor Learns Humility From His Patients.” In addition, Bob’s book reached #21 on Amazon’s Bestselling Medical Memoirs. Bob was also a guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Andover and a radio guest on WUML 91.5 FM, WNTN, and WZMY-TV

• “Buying Disability Insurance The Right Way” and “Renewing Your Health Plan In A Year Of Turmoil” by Jim Edholm, President, Business Benefits Insurance, two installments of his regular column in Mass Lawyers Weekly, syndicated by Dolan Media Newswire

• “Giving The Ultimate Client Experience” by Michelle Pope, COO, Atrion Networking Corporation, in Software Development Times

• “Business Plan Implementation” and “ Strategic Business Planning,” two book chapters by John Myrna, Co-Founder, Myrna Associates, will be featured in the upcoming book Business Expert Guide To Small Business (Business Expert Publishing)

• Doug Wolf, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in an IPLaw 360 article discussing Second Life and ownership of virtual property and operators’ terms of service agreements. In addition, Doug was extensively consulted in ZD Net’s Mobile Gadgeteer in an article discussing copyright and games

• Michael Rader, Shareholder, was quoted extensively on the topic of keeping litigation costs down in an article published by Inventor’s Digest. The article was penned by Henry Stimpson, emersongroup’s PR Czar. In addition, Michael’s article “Patent Litigation On A Budget” was published by Intellectual Property Today

• Best’s Review interviewed Lisa Silva, Senior Vice President of Longfellow Benefits, for an article titled “Segmenting Singles”

• Wolf Greenfield was acknowledged as the litigation team that secured a summary judgment of no patent infringement for its client The Jackson Laboratory, a leading biomedical research institution and a repository for laboratory mice. Releases on NewsRx, RFC Express, and other news and PR sites detailed the outcome of the case, noting Michael Rader, Shareholder, and Chelsea Loughran, Associate, for their participation

• Jim Mooradian, Founder, Jim Mooradian and Associates, Inc., was a prime subject for an article called “Supplemental Security” in Human Resource Executive

• John Flaherty, Senior Vice President, Longfellow Benefits, was selected as a finalist in the Risk and Insurance Benefits Power Broker Awards 2010

• Boston Business Journal noted the seminar hosted by Wolf Greenfield, “Strategically Building And Monetizing Your Patent Portfolio” at the Liberty Hotel in Boston. This seminar was also acknowledged by RFC Express, American Chronicle, the Boston Patent Law Association and other news and PR sites. Wolf Greenfield also published an article in IP Frontline titled “Turning Patents Into Cash: Three Ways to Monetize”

• Laura Stone, Founder/CEO, Stone + Company, has been invited to speak at the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ 2011 Outsourcing World Summit

• A press notice offering experts at Wolf Greenfield as available to comment on the Bilski outcome was picked up by several PR and news sites. IP Frontline announced Wolf Greenfield’s webinar examining the Bilski decision as well and an article summarizing the firm’s take on Bilski ran in IP Frontline

• For the fifth consecutive year, Longfellow Benefits was named to Boston Business Journal’s Best Places To Work list. A press release noting the honor was picked up by Banks.com, About.com Marketplace, eWeek, ABC New York and other PR and news sites. In addition, Longfellow Benefits has been selected by Professor Andre de Waal, a management go-to authority from The Netherlands and author of 26 books, to be profiled in his next book as an “HPO” (High Performing Organization) as has Atrion Networking Corporation and emersongroup

• Hunter Baker, Counsel, Wolf Greenfield, was interviewed for articles published in PharmaWire discussing Salix Pharmaceuticals and patent vulnerability as well as Cephalon’s lawsuit against generic manufacturers for infringing Nuvigil patents

• "Managing Is Hard: The Case For Supervisory Training" by Rick Dacri, President, Dacri & Associates, LLC in HR Times. In addition, Rick’s article "Recruiting Your Next General Manager" was published in Northeast Public Power Association NewsLine

• “Don’t Just Jump Into Wellness” by Kristie Howard, Senior Consultant, Employee Benefit Services, Longfellow Benefits, in Employee Benefit News

• Ed Walsh, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in IP Frontline in “New IP Strategy Needed As Investors Get Cautious.” The article was also summarized in IP Frontline’s newsletter

• Boston Business Journal, The Boston Herald, CityBizList Boston and dBusiness News noted that John Harmon joined Wolf Greenfield as a Technology Specialist in the Mechanical Technologies practice

• “Will A Monitoring System Deliver ‘Always On’ Applications To Your Users?” by Robert Johnson, Director Of Product Marketing, Atrion Networking Corporation, in Data Center Journal. In addition, Robert’s article “Facilitating Increased Business Knowledge In IT Workers” was published in Structural CIO

• “Can Prescription Drug Carve-Outs Save You Money?” by Pat Haraden, Senior Vice President of Employee Benefits at Longfellow Benefits, in WorkSpan Magazine

• Jim Foster, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was featured in Law360 and The Financial Post as an expert on the topic of the Bilski decision

• "Developing A Mentoring Program: Bring Out The Best In Your New Employees- ASAP" by Susan deGrandpre, owner and principal consultant at Collaboration Consulting and author of the book Common Sense Workplace Mentoring (iUniverse 2010), in HR Times

• Roque El-Hayek, Associate, Wolf Greenfield, was quoted in BNA’s Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report concerning the Bilski decision. Roque was also extensively consulted in an IP Frontline article on the same topic

• “Pension Risk Transfer: The ‘Buy-In’ – The Latest Planning For Mitigating Pension Liability Risk” by Vernon W. Holleman III, President, The Holleman Companies, and Michael Devlin, Principal, BCG Terminal Funding Company, has been accepted for publication by Employee Benefit News. In addition, a press notice “ Family Business Succession Issues Covered In New Podcast From The Holleman Companies” was picked up by various PR and news sites, including Yahoo Finance, Boston.com, HR News, and About.com Markets

• "Financial Wellness: More Than A 401(k) Plan" by Alison Hinson, Owner, Alison Hinson MBA LLC, in HR Times

• Charlie Nault, author of Risk-Free Technology: How Small To Medium Businesses Can Stem Huge Losses From Poorly Performing IT Systems (Global Professional Publishing), Chairman of the Board at Atrion Networking Corporation, and Principal of Risk-Free Consulting, launched his blog at RiskFreeTechnology.com

• “Making Security A Business Decision” by Tom Witwicki, President, Assurance Point LLC,  in ITSM Solutions DITY Newsletter

• “Mentoring And Aspiration” by Michael Shenkman, author of Leader Mentoring (Career Press) and Founder/President of the Arch of Leadership, a leader mentoring company, in the August 2010 edition of Leader Pathways  

• “Safety Pays—How To Make A Zero-Accident Culture A Reality” by Bob Phelan, President & CEO, Construction Risk Advisors, in Construction Executive Magazine

• “When Conflict Happens: Navigating Difficult Conversations In Senior Teams” by Carl Robinson, PhD., Principal of Advanced Leadership Consulting, in Business Strategy Magazine

• “Starting With A Blank Sheet Of Paper Doesn’t Work … And Other Reasons Why Most Innovation Programs Fail” by Chris Jones, a Principal at Strategos, along with the winning team of the Strategos-CBIG Innovation Challenge, in CEO Refresher

• "Project Management Office Can Cause Problems Too" and "Small, Simple Devices Are Killing Desktop Computer" by Vin D'Amico, President, DAMICON, two installments of his monthly column in IndUS Business Journal

• Mary Adams CMC and Mike Oleksak CMC, Founding Principals at Trek Consulting LLC, co-authors of the new book Intangible Capital: Putting Knowledge To Work In The 21st Century Organization (Praeger) were featured prominently in Boston Business Journal in an article on Risk Management

• "Risks Of False Marketing: Reducing Your Exposure" by Mary Dilys Anderson, Associate, and Michael Siekman, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield, in Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal

• "Linking Organizational Pride To Purpose" by Jessa McIntosh, Consultant, Stone + Company, in Employment Relations Today

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