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Maria Dinzeo

Maria Dinzeo

Maria Dinzeo is a San Francisco-based journalist covering the intersection of technology and the law, with a focus on AI, privacy and cybersecurity.

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October 05, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

4 Longtime Netflix Legal Execs Out in Restructuring

"Parting ways with these valued leaders—all of whom have been at the company for many years—is very hard," chief legal officer David Hyman said in a statement to Law.com.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

October 04, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Energy Companies Hand Legal Chiefs Expanded Executive Duties

General counsel for two energy companies have received promotions that expand their duties beyond legal and help their utilities achieve ambitious clean energy goals.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

October 02, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Ex-Cognizant Legal Chief's Bribery Trial Delayed as DOJ Scrambles to Get Star Witness to Court

A former colleague who lives in India—whom the government considers its most important witness—is unable to leave the country because he surrendered his passport to authorities there investigating him.

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

September 29, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Longtime Hormel General Counsel Making Sudden Exit

Lori Marco, who has spent her entire 19-year in-house career at the food-processing giant, couldn't be reached by Law.com to explain her planned Oct. 27 departure.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

September 29, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

DTC Mattress-Maker Purple Hires New Legal Chief, Aims to Regain Magic

Incoming legal chief Tricia McDermott says "this is an exciting moment in Purple's evolution," with the company's growth at an "inflection point."

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

September 28, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

California's Data-Deletion Legislation Threatens to Shake Up Digital Ad Industry

"We think that this will have a tremendous impact on the small business and startup community in California," said Lartease Tiffith of the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

By Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read

September 27, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Former Lawyer for Obama, FCC Joins Grindr as First General Counsel

The LGBTQ+ dating app, which went public last year, is targeting international growth as it wrestles with the fallout of a rigid return-to-office policy that caused 45% of its workers to quit.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

September 25, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

To Keep Zealous Privacy Regulators at Bay, Good Faith 'Goes a Long Way'

"We're not crazy. We just want to make sure people are being responsible with people's information," Rick Arney, co-author of California's privacy law, said.

By Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read

September 25, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

AI Study Reveals How Employers Are Using the Tools, and With What Safeguards

"Corporate adoption, while swift, is never breakneck speed, especially when the regulations are not finalized and the tech itself is not stabilized," Niloy Ray, a Littler Mendelson shareholder, said.

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

September 22, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

FTC Blasts Amazon and Its Lawyers for 'False Cooperation' in Prime Probe

"Amazon assured the commission that it would cooperate, but did not," the FTC says in a new filing.

By Greg Andrews | Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read