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Caroline Spiezio

Caroline Spiezio

Caroline covers the intersection of tech and law for Corporate Counsel. She's based in San Francisco. Find her on Twitter @CarolineSpiezio.

June 13, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Airbnb's General Counsel Shows Up and Gets Creative to Promote Employee Ethics

Airbnb general counsel Rob Chesnut shared his role in educating employees on company ethics, including in-person training, creative videos and international visits, at the Peer 150 General Counsel Institute West at the UC Berkeley.

By Caroline Spiezio

4 minute read

June 12, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Driving in Blockchain's Legal Guardrails: How Ripple's General Counsel Works with Regulators

As general counsel of Ripple, Stuart Alderoty works with regulators to educate them on emerging blockchain technology. He's also tasked with keeping Ripple in regulatory guidelines that aren't always clear.

By Caroline Spiezio

7 minute read

June 11, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Qualcomm, Nokia and IBM Lawyers Back Proposed Changes to Patent Law

Company patent lawyers from Qualcomm, IBM and Nokia backed aspects of a draft bill that would amend patent eligibility rules.

By Caroline Spiezio

3 minute read

June 10, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Growing an In-House Career: 5 Tips From Former Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell

Former Apple and Intel general counsel Bruce Sewell gave early career lawyers advice for in-house success in an interview with Doreen Benyamin, a Columbia Law School student and the founder of YouTube channel Before You Take the LSAT.

By Caroline Spiezio

3 minute read

June 07, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Former SolarCity, Coremetrics General Counsel Returns In-House as Marqeta's Top Lawyer

The general counsel who brought SolarCity through its IPO and sale to Tesla has taken a chief legal officer role at Oakland-based payment card platform Marqeta, his first in-house role in more than two years.

By Caroline Spiezio

3 minute read

June 07, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Microsoft's Legal Ops Director: Lessons Learned From 10-Plus Years Using Alternative Legal Service Providers

Tom Orrison, Microsoft's director of legal operations, shared what he's learned from his team's successes and challenges working with alternative legal service providers.

By Caroline Spiezio

6 minute read

June 05, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Timeline: A Year of International Antitrust Regulators' Eyes On Tech

It's been a year of fines, complaints and calls to investigate Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook at home and abroad, escalating this week with the House Judiciary Committee's probe into major U.S. tech companies' competitive practices and market share. Here's a look at a year of tech's tumbles with antitrust.

By Caroline Spiezio

1 minute read

June 05, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Report: Procurement and Legal's Relationship Is Improving, but There's Room for Growth

A new report from Buying Legal Council found procurement professionals are increasingly involved in outside counsel and legal service hiring decisions, though more than half are still sometimes left out, especially on high-risk matters.

By Caroline Spiezio

4 minute read

June 05, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Crypto Custody and Investment Platform Paxos Cashes In on New General Counsel

Paxos, a New York-based regulated crypto custody and investment platform, has tapped its interim chief compliance officer Dan Burstein to lead its legal team as general counsel full time.

By Caroline Spiezio

2 minute read

June 05, 2019 | The Recorder

Silicon Valley In-House Counsel Spill Their Biggest Stressors and Firm Frustrations at ABTL Event

In-house leaders from Oracle, Facebook and Juniper Networks dished on outside counsel and their daily work stressors at a Tuesday evening ABTL event in Woodside.

By Caroline Spiezio

3 minute read