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Jeff Bezos Alleges American Media's Deputy General Counsel Attempted To Extort Him

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said American Media Inc. threatened to release personal photos of him if he did not comply with a set of demands. He published an email from the New York-based company's deputy general counsel Thursday.
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Corporate Counsel

Facebook Will Appeal German Data Processing Restrictions, Associate General Counsel Says

German antitrust regulators claim Facebook forced users to consent to its collection of their data from third-party apps and websites, and its assignment of that data to their personal Facebook profiles. Facebook will now need voluntary consent to collect and assign such data. The company said it plans to appeal the order.
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Corporate Counsel

California Companies Likely to See More ADA Website Accessibility Suits in 2019

A new analysis report predicts a surge in federal ADA website accessibility lawsuits could hit California companies in 2019. The Ninth Circuit ruled Domino's website was bound to the ADA last month, making California's federal courts more attractive to plaintiffs.
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Corporate Counsel

Lex Mundi White Paper Series Offers Crash Course in Blockchain

A 10-paper series from law firm networking group Lex Mundi aims to introduce in-house counsel to blockchain by answering frequently asked questions.
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Corporate Counsel

Cisco's Chief Legal Officer Expresses Support for American Version of GDPR

Cisco Systems Inc. chief legal officer Mark Chandler expressed support for an American version of GDPR in a recent interview. Apple CEO Tim Cook has previously backed federal data privacy regulations.
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Corporate Counsel

5 Ways to Increase Data Privacy Efforts, According to Top Chief Privacy Officers

Chief privacy officers from Visa, Microsoft and other large companies shared their advice and predictions for the future of data privacy at an event Monday.
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Corporate Counsel

Facebook Messaging Merger Could Face GDPR Complications, Irish Commission Warns

The Irish Data Protection Commission said on Monday Facebook's plan to integrate all messaging services owned by the company "can only occur in the EU if it is capable of meeting all of the requirements of the GDPR."
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Corporate Counsel

Google, Facebook and Others Sponsor Program to Boost Latino Representation in IP Law

Six tech companies—Adobe, Apple, Facebook, Google, Lenovo and Microsoft—are sponsoring a program from the Hispanic National Bar Association that aims to increase the number of Latino IP lawyers. Currently, Latinos make up less than 5 percent of the legal industry as a whole.
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Corporate Counsel

How Artificial Intelligence Can Change Legal Departments: A Q&A With IBM Watson's Brian Kuhn

"I think law departments are 66 percent more likely to hire a law firm if they believe that law firm is innovative and that innovation generates meaningful results," says co-founder and global leader of Watson Legal Practice at IBM Brian Kuhn.
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Corporate Counsel

Talent Management Software Company Topia Names Its First GC

San Francisco-based Topia has bumped Elaine Foreman up to general counsel. She's bringing in-house experience at Hewlett-Packard, Cisco and Autodesk with her to the GC role.
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