March 29, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Feds Jump Into Algorithmic Pricing Suit, Say Collusion Can Occur Without Humans Uttering a WordThe Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are worried that the growing use of algorithms is making price fixing increasingly difficult to detect—and that the use of AI to create ever-more-sophisticated algorithms will exacerbate that challenge.
By Maria Dinzeo
4 minute read
March 28, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
3M Legal Chief Moves Onto Company's Highest-Paid List After Year of Taming ThreatsChief Legal Affairs Officer Kevin Rhodes "drove actions to reduce risk and uncertainty through reduced exposure to litigation and regulatory risk," 3M's compensation committee says in the company's newly filed proxy statement.
By Maria Dinzeo
2 minute read
March 27, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Former Everlaw Legal Chief Takes Top Lawyer Role at Zendesk"I'm excited to work alongside a team that values innovation, teamwork, and above all—connections," newly appointed Zendesk Chief Legal Officer Shana Simmons wrote on LinkedIn.
By Maria Dinzeo
4 minute read
March 26, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Former Pfizer Lawyer, Blue Buffalo GC Takes Legal Reins at Bioweapon Fighting Pharma CompanyLarry Miller was named GC of SIGA Technologies, a pharmaceutical company best known for its smallpox drug Tpoxx.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
March 25, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Kraft Heinz Promotes Legal Chief After Year in Which Her Pay DeclinedRashida La Lande has helped set the company's ESG agenda, including a goal it announced in July of reducing the use of virgin plastic globally by 30% by 2030.
By Maria Dinzeo
2 minute read
March 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Kirkland & Ellis to Represent Apple in Landmark Antitrust LawsuitThe Kirkland team includes star litigators as well as a partner who spent 13 years at the Federal Trade Commission.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
March 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
AI-Based Cybersecurity Startup Plotting IPO Hires Zoom's Jeff True as Legal ChiefJeff True, who was GC of the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks before joining Zoom in 2020, is returning to cybersecurity to serve as legal chief of one of its hottest startups.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
March 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Tech Titans Unleash Hiring Spree for AI-Focused Lawyers"The thing with AI is it is such an evolving industry. There are no AI experts, and even those who call themselves experts aren't experts yet," said Anna Gorodetsky, a managing director on Major, Lindsey & Africa's in-house recruiting team.
By Maria Dinzeo
6 minute read
March 21, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
9,000-Screen Cineworld Hires Sally Beauty's GC as Part of Fresh StartCineworld's former leadership team agreed to depart in return for $35 million.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
March 20, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
DXC Taps NetApp's Strategy Chief to Lead LegalThe IT giant has brought aboard Matt Fawcett, who has deep software industry experience and formerly was legal chief at both NetApp and JDS Uniphase.
By Maria Dinzeo
2 minute read