October 03, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
FTC Goes After AI Tool That Has Capability to Mass Produce Fake Reviews"Treating as categorically illegal a generative AI tool merely because of the possibility that someone might use it for fraud is inconsistent with our precedents and common sense," GOP Commissioner Andrew Ferguson said in his dissent.
By Chris O'Malley
6 minute read
October 01, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
AG in Texas Is Nation's First to Bring Gen AI Enforcement Action in Health Care"Disclosing to patients whenever they are interacting with an AI system is always a good idea," said Amy MacDonald, an associate at Manatt Phelps & Phillips.
By Chris O'Malley
5 minute read
October 01, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
FTC Bans Exec From Chevron Board—Exercising Authority It Doesn't Have, GOP Dissenters SayThe GOP minority on the Federal Trade Commission says Democrats are using a ridiculous legal theory to sideline directors, realizing firms will cave, sparing the agency from having to test the theory in court.
By Chris O'Malley
5 minute read
September 30, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Trump, Harris Might Alter DOJ, FTC Enforcement in Counterintuitive Ways"It's not a given that a Harris presidency would mirror the Biden administration's aggressive approach to antitrust," said Robin Adelstein, a Norton Rose Fulbright partner.
By Chris O'Malley
5 minute read
September 27, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Fox's Viet Dinh Nearly Set Pay Record in Final Year as Legal ChiefDinh stepped down as legal chief in December, eight months after Fox agreed to pay $787 million to settle a defamation sought brought by Dominion Voting Systems.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
September 26, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Oracle Legal Chief Outearns CEO, as He Dazzles in First Full Year at Tech GiantCEO Safra Catz called Stuart Levey "one of the sharpest legal minds in the country" when she hired Levey two years ago. The company is paying him accordingly.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
September 25, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Novel Startup Called Free TV Hires Industry Veteran as GC"Never underestimate the power of 'free,'" programming pioneer Jonathan Katz said after founding the service last year.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
September 24, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
CLO of Barnes & Noble Education Ends Tenure With a CliffhangerMichael Miller had cut a string of deals that helped ease the liquidity crunch at the operator of college bookstores.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
September 19, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Hawaiian Airlines CLO Out of Job but Set for Soft LandingAaron Alter was Hawaiian Airlines' outside counsel for years before becoming its legal chief in 2015.
By Chris O'Malley
4 minute read
September 16, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Lacking Votes but Not Vigor, GOP FTC Members Trying to Slow Down Lina Khan's Steamrolling Majority Any Way They Can"The pushback doesn't change what the commission is going to do. But I think it does make staff and the majority button things up a bit more," said John Villafranco, a partner at Kelley Drye Warren.
By Chris O'Malley
12 minute read
