Hugo Guzman

July 19, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

After 15 years as a legal chief in the advertising industry, Scott Waldbaum has taken the legal reins of Infinite Reality, which reached unicorn status in 2022, just three years after launch.

By Hugo Guzman

1 minute read

July 17, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"No one knows the FDA better than Dan. In his more than 30-year career, he has helped shape, enforce and litigate pharma regulatory matters for leading health care organizations, law firms and the government alike," said Jerry Lewandowski, a Berkeley managing director.

By Hugo Guzman

2 minute read

July 13, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Bloomberg reports that the FTC is preparing to file a far-reaching antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, in what's likely to be a career-defining moment for controversial agency chair Lina Khan.

By Hugo Guzman

4 minute read

July 12, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"While laws in many jurisdictions may not come into effect until 2025, legal leaders can get started while they wait for finalized regulation to take shape," said Laura Cohn, a Gartner senior principal.

By Hugo Guzman

3 minute read

July 12, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

By hiring FTC staffers, Amazon "will get useful information about processes and personalities at the FTC," said John Lopatka, a Penn State law professor. "It's not crossing any ethical boundary to say, 'This case is spearheaded by Jane Doe,' for example, 'and I think she would listen to these kinds of arguments.'"

By Hugo Guzman | Greg Andrews

5 minute read

July 10, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Brian Farley is taking the legal reins at Acadia Healthcare, which bills itself as the nation's largest stand-alone behavioral health provider with 23,000 employees and 250 facilities.

By Hugo Guzman

2 minute read

July 07, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

A judge ruled Taronis Fuels was justified in excluding Tyler Wilson from certain legal matters. Wilson argued the diminution of duties entitled him to walk away with severance.

By Hugo Guzman

2 minute read

July 06, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Viviana Betancourt Vasquez will help launch Everpass Media, which aims to use its initial programming—the NFL Sunday Ticket package for bars and restaurants—as a springboard to become a dominant streamer of live sports and live entertainment to commercial venues. 

By Hugo Guzman

2 minute read

July 06, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"Terminating a star employee—or any employee—based solely on the fact that the employee ingested a sub-perceptual amount of a psychedelic drug may not make business sense," according to Vincent Sliwoski, managing partner of Harris Bricken Sliwoski.

By Hugo Guzman

4 minute read

July 05, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

The agency had called the companies' 2018 deal anti-competitive, in part because it included a provision requiring Altria to cease selling its own e-cigarettes.

By Hugo Guzman

2 minute read