Chris O'Malley

January 16, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

Eddie Lazarus has shown himself to be versatile as a general counsel. Besides also serving as chief strategy officer, Lazarus had been an on-and-off chief financial officer between 2022 and early last year.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

January 15, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

Incoming Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson blasted Democratic commissioners for suing Deere & Co. while regulators were in negotiations with the company to address farmers' complaints.

By Chris O'Malley

6 minute read

January 15, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

"While this information is theoretically available to the public, institutional owners' holdings are challenging to identify due to complicated, indirect ownership structures involving opaquely named subsidiary entities," said FTC attorney Tamar Katz.

By Chris O'Malley

5 minute read

January 14, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

"To my mind, all of this public input and engagement made our work sharper and helped us really set priorities and focus on what people were telling us—the biggest challenges and pain points they were experiencing in our economy," Khan said Tuesday during her final commission meeting as chair.

By Chris O'Malley

4 minute read

January 13, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

Kevin Lanouette replaces Tonya Drake, a 10-year veteran of the company who is moving into an advisory role.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

January 13, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

"I must acknowledge the complexity and challenges of our work. Building for everyone, listening to everyone, and meeting the needs and expectations of our global community is pretty much impossible," Roy Austin wrote on LinkedIn.

By Chris O'Malley

4 minute read

January 10, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

"The term 'DEI' has also become charged, in part because it is understood by some as a practice that suggests preferential treatment of some groups over others," Meta said in a memo to employees.

By Chris O'Malley

4 minute read

January 10, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

Priya Aiyar joined American in 2019, just before COVID-19 walloped the entire airline industry.

By Chris O'Malley

4 minute read

January 10, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

"In the end, there was never anything more to this than minor accounting errors with regard to some personal payments that I made several years ago when I was CEO of WWE," McMahon said on social media.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

January 09, 2025 | Corporate Counsel

"Keep humans in the loop. Don't let the machines fully call the shots. Understand why they are making the recommendations they are making," Anthropic Deputy General Counsel Mark Pike said.

By Chris O'Malley

6 minute read