Maria Dinzeo

July 16, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Mark Allen hopscotched around the globe helping build the company's international operations before taking the legal reins in 2017.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

July 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"The challenge and the excitement is that it gives us an opportunity to reexamine what it is we thought was important and valuable, and to actually try to justify it," said Kate Orr, global head of practice innovation at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

By Maria Dinzeo

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July 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

MSG Sports CEO Jim Dolan said that newly appointed COO Jamaal Lesane has "proven to be a strategic and effective leader, and his multifaceted experience across numerous aspects of our operations will be an asset as we continue to grow and innovate in our business."

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

July 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"A lot of times, those mentoring, sponsorship and leadership development programs are done in these kinds of ad hoc ways that actually benefit people who are already already in privileged positions," UC Davis law professor Afra Afsharipour said.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

July 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"Lawyers have a high bar. I strongly believe that there's an amazing use case for AI here, and the bar hasn't been met by the crop of early stage startups that are trying to solve this," said Mary O'Carroll, chief community officer of Ironclad.

By Maria Dinzeo

9 minute read

July 10, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

The case, brought on behalf of about 6,000 Twitter workers, alleged Elon Musk violated a federal law that governs benefit plans. U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson said ERISA did not apply to the severance program at issue but gave the plaintiffs the opportunity to refile using a different legal basis.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

July 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"This alleged conduct, tailormade to manipulate the vulnerable teenage psyche, was reprehensible and unfair," FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson said.

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

July 06, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

JoAnn Covington, who has three decades of Silicon Valley experience, is taking the legal reins of Gldyways, which aims to operate self-driving cars on a dedicated track. apid transit system" with its own dedicated track and robo cars that can carry up to four passengers at a time; a customer experience it likens to "ride hailing, but at public transit prices."

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

July 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Neil MacBride announced on LinkedIn that last week marked the end of his tenure with the Treasury department, and that he "was so honored to spend the last several years working with the incredible 2,000 lawyers in the Treasury Legal Division."

By Maria Dinzeo

2 minute read

July 02, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Respondents to a Clyde & Co. and Winmark Global survey foresee "the competitive advantages from AI being short-lived as early innovations become commoditized over time."

By Maria Dinzeo

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