CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Akamai Technologies, a provider of content delivery network services, issued the following news release: Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire application programming interface (API) security company, Noname Security. Noname, one of the top API security vendors in the market, will enhance Akamai's existing API Security solution and a  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, May 7 (TNSres) -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Solid Execution with Growth Across All Business Lines 45% Y/Y Growth in Contracted Backlog Over 750 MWe Ameresco Owned Energy Assets in Development Reaffirms 2024 Guidance First Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights: * Revenues of $298.4 million * Net loss attributable to common shareholders of $2.9 million * GAAP EPS   more

OAKLAND, California, May 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of Massachusetts' assault weapons and large-capacity magazine ban. The brief, filed in Capen v. Campbell, urges the First Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's ruling that the law was consistent with the Second Amendment. "States play an esse  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending Massachusetts' commonsense gun safety laws. The amicus brief, joined by 18 other jurisdictions, implores the court to allow the state's decades-old ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines (  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 8 -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) Chancellor Terrence Cheng announced today that he will appoint Dr. Karim Ismaili as president of Eastern Connecticut State University. Dr. Ismaili is currently Executive Vice President and Provost at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. Dr. Ismaili begins his new role on July 31, 2024. "As a first-generation c  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Flagship Pioneering, a bioplatform innovation company, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, today unveiled Prologue Medicines, a company unlocking the therapeutic potential of the viral proteome for the creation of powerful new medicines. Flagship has initially committed $50 million to advance the company's Decoding Evolutionary Logic of Variant Ensembles (DELVE)(TM) Platform and harness its  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP partner Barbara Fiacco and associate Mital Patel have been recognized by World Intellectual Property Review in its 2024 edition of WIPR Diversity in IP listings. Fiacco was ranked in the Influential Women in IP category, which lists "the best and brightest women in the field of intellectual property." This list recognizes those who have garnered significant professional achievements and/or made a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Michael Siekman has joined the firm's global Life Sciences practice as a partner in the Boston office. "Michael's extensive background in patents, licensing, and intellectual property, particularly in PTAB proceedings, is a tremendous addition to our market-leading offering for life sciences companies and strengthens our capabilities to provide bes  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Life Sciences team advised BridgeBio Pharma (Nasdaq: BBIO) on the completion of a $200 million private financing of its former subsidiary, TheRas, Inc. (d/b/a BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics) to accelerate the development of its oncology portfolio. The oversubscribed financing was led by Cormorant Asset Management and co-led by Omega Funds with participation from affiliates of Deerfield Management, GV (G  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Life Sciences and Technology teams advised Delphia Therapeutics on the closing of its $67 million Series A financing led by premier early life sciences investors including GV (Google Ventures), Nextech Invest, Polaris Innovation Fund and Alexandria Venture Investments. Delphia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering activation lethality, a new area of cancer therapeutics that target cancer's   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 (TNSres) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao testified in support of H.4459, the Mass Leads Act, before the Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies. The Mass Leads Act is Governor Healey's first economic development bill, the blueprint to making Massachusetts more affordable, com  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit on behalf of Massachusetts, defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge. In the brief, Raoul and the coalition urge the court to uphold the state's decades-old ban on the sale and possession of as  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in partnership with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, and Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr, co-sponsored a multistate letter (https://www.mass.gov/doc/fy-2025-naag-letter-to-congress-in-support-of-legal-services-corporation-lsc/download) sent by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys gener  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: Middlesex Community College's online literary magazine The Dead River Review (DRR) debuted a new issue on Thursday, May 2. DRR welcomes MCC students, faculty and staff to contribute their creative work in several genres. From reading submissions to organizing the final issue, the magazine also offers MCC students experience in the publishing industry through a Creative Writing and Publishing capstone   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 8 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Anthony Brown today joined a multistate amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/050724_Capen_Multistate_Amicus.pdf) filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its common-sense gun safety laws against a Second Amendment challenge. The brief, joined by 18 other attorn  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 8 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge. The amicus brief, joined by 18 other jurisdictions, urges the court to allow the state's decades-old ban on the sale  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nutter was selected to the "Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces" list by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, which ranks organizations with the most robust adoption and foster care benefits, for the third consecutive year. In addition, Nutter was named to the "Best By Size 2024" and "Foster Care Benefits 2024" lists. Nutter provides financial assistance for adoption and fertility treatments, and compassio  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nutter advised Adheso-Graphics in connection with its acquisition by Anderson & Vreeland Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of flexographic print technologies, equipment, and consumables. The Nutter team was led by Michael Kushnir and included Rob Lynch and Tracy Vitols. Adheso-Graphics is a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes designed for various applications including corrugated, wi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nutter advised G.A. Fleet Associates and Fleet Pump (together, Fleet) in connection with its acquisition by Vessco Water (Vessco), a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors and one of the largest full-service water treatment equipment distributors in the nation. The Nutter team was led by Shannon Zollo and included Mark Burgiel, Meghan Kelly, Tim Rennie, Armand Santaniello, Melissa Sampson McMorrow, Michael Mo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray acted as special counsel to TCW ETF Trust (the "Trust") in connection with the conversion of two mutual funds into new series of the Trust. The conversions of TCW Artificial Intelligence Equity Fund and TCW New America Premier Equities Fund, each a series of TCW Funds, Inc., into TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF and TCW Compounders ETF, respectively, each a series of the Trust, closed on May 6 and  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 8 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: By Nadia Jones Dr. Sarah Hu, an assistant professor in the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University, has been making waves in the scientific community with her groundbreaking research into microbial ecology and biological oceanography since arriving on campus a little more than a year ago. With a background deeply rooted in the coastal regions of the United States, her journey from the Universit  more