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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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September 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

California DOJ Fines Robinhood $3.9M in First-Ever Crypto Enforcement Action

The company, which also is facing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry, finds itself in regulators' crosshairs despite legal chief Dan Gallagher's pledge to improve the company's compliance culture and work collaboratively with regulators.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

September 04, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Disney's Black Eye Over Arbitration Gambit Likely to Linger, Underscoring PR Risks of Spurning Courts

"What resonates longer is the way that people will feel about Disney, not the recollection of why they feel that way," said Aaron Davis, a partner at Davis Goldman.

By Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read

August 30, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

FedEx Promotes Its Top Lobbyist for Past Two Decades to General Counsel

Forty-two-year company veteran Mark Allen is passing the legal reins to 32-year company veteran Gina Adams.

By Maria Dinzeo

2 minute read

August 29, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Judge Blasts Google Over Legal Chief's 2008 'Communication With Care' Memo

The judge presiding over a Justice Department suit alleging Google has an illegal monopoly over ad technology said the memo instructing employees to use history-off mode when discussing litigation may have led to the intentional destruction of evidence.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

August 29, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

At DataGrail Summit, Legal Leaders Call for Transparency in the Age of AI

"A year ago, AI was really in a misunderstood state. Executives were trying to understand how to deploy it," DataGrail CEO Daniel Barber said. "Now it's about, how do we use it responsibly? And it starts with trust."

By Maria Dinzeo

7 minute read

August 27, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Women IP Lawyers Say Winning More First-Chair Roles Hinges on Communicating Effectively, Not Swagger or a 'Lawyerly' Voice

LinkedIn IP head Renee Brown said she wants emails from outside counsel that tell her what she needs to know in no more than two paragraphs. "I can't get into the weeds—I just don't have that kind of time," she said.

By Maria Dinzeo

7 minute read

August 26, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Trailblazer at International Monetary Fund Handing Over Legal Reins After 27 Years With Agency

Liberian native Rhoda Weeks-Brown said she had lived her dream "of working for an organization with a mission that could change the world for the better."

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

August 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Mike Lynch's Brush With Prison Taught Him Life Is Precious. Then a Yacht Accident Proved Him Right

As a teenager, Lynch worked as a porter at a hospital, surrounded by elderly and gravely sick patients who knew they'd never be discharged. He testified at his trial that the experience helped him appreciate he wasn't invincible and "realize what that arc of existence is."

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

August 20, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Kroger Suit Claims FTC Using Unconstitutional Process to Try to Kill Megamerger

"Unless the proceeding is enjoined, Kroger will suffer an immediate constitutional injury by being subjected to an illegitimate proceeding," Kroger says in the newly filed complaint.

By Maria Dinzeo

3 minute read

August 19, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Cleared in HP Fraud Trial, British Tech Tycoon Mike Lynch Now Missing at Sea

Lynch, who spent months earlier this year standing trial in San Francisco, was on a luxury yacht that sank during a sudden thunderstorm off the coast of Sicily.

By Maria Dinzeo

2 minute read