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April 03, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Meta Transfers AI-Related Patents to Midjourney to Thwart Patent Trolls

"Sharing these assets makes our ecosystem stronger by allowing other operating companies to acquire patents that they can use to protect their innovation," said Jeremiah Chan, Meta's head of patents, licensing and open source.

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

April 03, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Excessive Workloads Are Boosting In-House Turnover, Creating 'Snowball Effect'

"As more people leave, there's more work to do, causing more people to leave. It's a potentially vicious cycle that can, ultimately, spin out of control," said a report from Axiom and Wakefield Research.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

March 29, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

In-House Moves of Month: EBay, Estee Lauder, GE, Geico Grab Headlines

Among the GCs plotting retirements were John Deere's Mary Jones and Pitney Bowes' Daniel Goldstein.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

March 29, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Feds Jump Into Algorithmic Pricing Suit, Say Collusion Can Occur Without Humans Uttering a Word

The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are worried that the growing use of algorithms is making price fixing increasingly difficult to detect—and that the use of AI to create ever-more-sophisticated algorithms will exacerbate that challenge.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

March 28, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

3M Legal Chief Moves Onto Company's Highest-Paid List After Year of Taming Threats

Chief Legal Affairs Officer Kevin Rhodes "drove actions to reduce risk and uncertainty through reduced exposure to litigation and regulatory risk," 3M's compensation committee says in the company's newly filed proxy statement.

By Maria Dinzeo

2 minute read

March 27, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Former Everlaw Legal Chief Takes Top Lawyer Role at Zendesk

"I'm excited to work alongside a team that values innovation, teamwork, and above all—connections," newly appointed Zendesk Chief Legal Officer Shana Simmons wrote on LinkedIn.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

March 26, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Former Pfizer Lawyer, Blue Buffalo GC Takes Legal Reins at Bioweapon Fighting Pharma Company

Larry Miller was named GC of SIGA Technologies, a pharmaceutical company best known for its smallpox drug Tpoxx.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

March 25, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Kraft Heinz Promotes Legal Chief After Year in Which Her Pay Declined

Rashida La Lande has helped set the company's ESG agenda, including a goal it announced in July of reducing the use of virgin plastic globally by 30% by 2030.

By Maria Dinzeo

2 minute read

March 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Kirkland & Ellis to Represent Apple in Landmark Antitrust Lawsuit

The Kirkland team includes star litigators as well as a partner who spent 13 years at the Federal Trade Commission.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

March 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

AI-Based Cybersecurity Startup Plotting IPO Hires Zoom's Jeff True as Legal Chief

Jeff True, who was GC of the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks before joining Zoom in 2020, is returning to cybersecurity to serve as legal chief of one of its hottest startups.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read