JONATHAN H. NEWMAN L’87, chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, received the Award of Merit from the American Wine Society. Previously, Newman has received the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition’s Pink Ribbon Award and was named Man of the Year by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.

JOSHUA D. COHEN W’84, L’87 was the featured speaker on "International Distributorships" at the World Trade Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and also led a session on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act at the World Trade Day convention. Cohen is a partner at Hartman, Underhill & Brubaker LLP, where he focuses on domestic, international and e-commerce business transactions, intellectual property and creditors rights.

JAY S. RAND L’87 has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as a partner. Rand, who will focus on venture capital, specializes in equity and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, license transactions, joint venires, fundraising and corporate governance.