Maria Dinzeo

June 07, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

A newly unredacted copy of a complaint against Musk claims his attorney Alex Spiro threatened Twitter's board on Musk's behalf "stating that Musk would pursue the directors until the end of time and would put into his will that his heirs should do the same if the board did not agree to reduce the deal price" for Twitter.

By Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read

June 06, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

A federal jury on Thursday found the British tech tycoon not guilty of 14 counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy.

By Maria Dinzeo

7 minute read

June 06, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

In a keynote address at the Legal Innovators conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, industry expert Zach Abramowitz said in-house teams are well-positioned to drive innovation at their companies and disrupt the outside counsel relationship.

By Maria Dinzeo

7 minute read

June 04, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"Dr. Lynch essentially testified that he doesn't read his email," Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Leach told the jury. "There's no reason to think he wasn't paying attention."

By Maria Dinzeo

7 minute read

June 03, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Jean Chi has resigned from a key role at Spotify to become president of global business and legal affairs for Skydance.

By Maria Dinzeo

2 minute read

June 03, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"There are very powerful tools out there that the government is using, and they're clearly going to get better and better," said Shannon Eagan, a partner at Cooley.

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

May 31, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"We need to partner with hyper-scalers for computing, for distribution, for almost everything. And if we cannot do that, there is a risk that we just do not exist," said Blanche Savary de Beauregard, general counsel at the AI startup Mistral.

By Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read

May 30, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"What we're looking at is the sausage-making that goes into every quarter and the stress that goes into sales," Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch said of internal emails expressing alarm about the company's progress closing deals.

By Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read

May 29, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

After HP fired CEO Leo Apotheker, there "was total chaos and paralysis for weeks," former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch testified Tuesday. "There was no transition plan, no handing over of the Autonomy plan. It was back to square one."

By Maria Dinzeo

8 minute read

May 28, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Michael Holston said one of the draws of Paul Weiss was the opportunity to work with Scott Barshay, chair of the firm's Corporate Department. "I think Scott is the best M&A lawyer in the world," Holston said.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read