On Thursday, Playboy Enterprises named Rachel Sagan as its new general counsel. Sagan, 38, joins Playboy from Irvine, Calif.–based Freedom Communications, a publisher of more than 30 daily newspapers in California, North Carolina, and Texas.

Prior to joining Freedom in 2001, Sagan was an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, which merged with Duane Morris in 2006. Sagan replaces longtime general counsel Howard Shapiro, who will remain in a special counsel role to the adult entertainment company, according to a statement by Playboy. (Yes, Playboy has had lawyers pose in its pages.)

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