Cahners Promotes Andrew Rak to Deputy General Counsel.Business Editors & Legal Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001 Cahners Business Information, a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group, today announced the promotion of Andrew Rak to deputy general counsel. Rak will report to Henry Horbaczewski, senior vice president and general counsel of Reed Elsevier Inc. Rak, who has served as Cahners' senior employment counsel since April 2001, will be responsible for overseeing all legal matters at Cahners. Before joining Cahners, Rak was senior counsel for Fortune Brands (formerly American Brands Inc.), a Fortune 200 international diversified consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and corporation based in Old Greenwich Old Greenwich is a neighborhood or section in the southeast corner of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The Old Greenwich Railroad Station serves commuters in the neighborhood. , CT. Prior to that, he was an associate and litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. attorney at Chadbourne & Parke in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Rak received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law Fordham University School of Law (commonly known as Fordham Law or Fordham Law School) is a part of Fordham University in the United States. The School is located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, and is one of eight ABA-approved law schools in that city. and an A.B. from Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. . He is a resident of New York City. About Cahners Cahners Business Information (www.cahners.com) is a leading provider of critical information and marketing solutions to business professionals in the media, manufacturing, electronics, construction and retail industries. Its market-leading properties include more than 135 business-to-business publications, over 125 Webzines and Web portals, as well as online services, custom publishing, directories, research and direct-marketing lists. Cahners is a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group - a world-leading publisher and information provider operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business industry sectors. |
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