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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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July 25, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Fox News General Counsel Exits, Replaced by Big Law Partner

Katherine Meeks, a former reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, is taking the legal reins of the cable news juggernaut as a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit looms over it.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

July 24, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

After DOJ Smackdowns Leave JetBlue Spiraling, Longtime GC Heads for Exit

The last four years have been brutal for Brandon Nelson and JetBlue, which was whipsawed by the pandemic and then had to cancel two deals that were supposed to drive growth after courts ruled they broke antitrust law.

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

July 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

FTC Probing Use of Browser Histories, Other Personal Info to Individualize Product Prices

"Firms that harvest Americans' personal data can put people's privacy at risk. Now firms could be exploiting this vast trove of personal information to charge people higher prices," FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement.

By Maria Dinzeo | Chris O'Malley

4 minute read

July 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

'This Is Not Going Away': Smackdown in Novel Cybersecurity Case Unlikely to Send SEC Into Retreat

In tossing most of the case against software maker SolarWinds, Judge Paul Engelmayer "creates the notion that the SEC isn't just going to be able to do whatever it wants going forward and serve as an 'overzealous' regulator," said Scott Kannry, CEO of the cyber risk firm Axio.

By Maria Dinzeo

7 minute read

July 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

More Aspiring GCs Finding Fulfillment in Wild and Woolly Realm of Private Equity

"You have a combination of doing the strategy and the management pieces, but also getting your hands dirty. And I really love that," said Sarah Tinsley, general counsel of Culture Amp.

By Maria Dinzeo

8 minute read

July 19, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

'This Worries Me Gravely': Regulators Struggle to Set Ground Rules for AI Decision-Making Tools

A debate that broke out this week at a meeting of California Privacy Protection Agency provides a window into the wide range of perspectives on what would be appropriate oversight and what would be overkill.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

July 18, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Judge Tosses Most of Landmark SEC Suit Alleging SolarWinds and Its Security Chief Hid Cyber Vulnerabilities

But Judge Paul Engelmayer's ruling did not challenge the SEC's decision to include Chief Information Security Officer Tim Brown as a defendant—a decision that has rattled the cybersecurity industry.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

July 18, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

FINRA Hires Senior JPMorgan Chase Attorney to Lead Beefed-Up Enforcement Team

Julie Glynn is boomeranging back to FINRA, where she spent seven years as an enforcement attorney before joining the banking giant in 2011.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

July 17, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Indie Film Juggernaut Taps Ex-MGM Legal Chief to Lead In-House Team

Lesley Freeman is coming from Amazon, which she joined after leading its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

July 16, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

After Exiting Bankruptcy, Joann Crafts Expanded Role for GC

Ann Aber, who helped the company manage the high of record sales during the pandemic and the low of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing four years later, is taking on human resource and corporate communications responsibilities.

By Maria Dinzeo

2 minute read