Maria Dinzeo

June 18, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Five years after paying $5.7 million to settle an FTC children's privacy probe, the parent company of TikTok is facing a new wave of children's privacy allegations.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

June 18, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Elizabeth Monteleone started at the online dating and networking app in 2018 as legal counsel. Six years later, she's chief legal officer.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

June 17, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"Americans are tired of companies hiding the ball during subscription signup and then putting up roadblocks when they try to cancel," said Sam Levine, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection.

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

June 14, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Employees are less mindful of security when they text or use Slack than when they use email, said James Dyer, a threat intelligence lead at the email security firm Egress.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

June 12, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"It is critical for investors to beware of companies exploiting the fanfare around artificial intelligence to raise funds," SEC enforcement division director Gurbir Grewal said.

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

June 12, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"Never has there been such an egregious case of corporate scapegoating at the expense of shareholders," former Executive Chair Trevor Milton alleges in the complaint.

By Maria Dinzeo

7 minute read

June 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"I looked at my career, and I said, 'Do I really want to be general counsel of a portfolio company that's been around for over 100 years?'" said Eric Stein, general counsel of Oberon Fuels.

By Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read

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