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Corporate Counsel

Cisco Settles Whistleblower Suit Over Alleged Security Flaws for $8.6M

Cisco has reached an $8.6 million settlement over claims it knowingly marketed video surveillance technology with security flaws to government customers.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Law Firm Staff Can Now Apply to CLOC

The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium opened up applications for legal ops professionals at firms this week. Law firm members will belong to a separate CLOC community than legal department members, though in-house professionals can opt in to collaborate with firms.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Sites With 'Like' Button Embeds Are Liable for User Data Sent to Facebook, EU Court Rules

Websites with an embedded Facebook "like" button, a tool often used to promote businesses on social media, will now be considered joint controllers with Facebook over the user data its plugin sends to the social media giant.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Sophos General Counsel Eleanor Lacey Tapped to Lead Asana's Legal Team

Eleanor Lacey, a general counsel with more than two decades of in-house experience, is moving to work management platform company Asana from British software company Sophos Group.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Big Tech Is Staring Down Another Antitrust Probe: Here's Who They've Got In-House

Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon all have antitrust counsel on their in-house roster. Here's a look at the lawyers who could play a role in Big Tech's new DOJ antitrust probe.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'The Price of Privacy Violations Just Went Up': FTC's $5B Facebook Fine Ups the Stakes for All General Counsel

In a press conference Wednesday morning, FTC commissioners said the agency's order against the tech company should be read as a signal that consumer privacy violations will be taken seriously in the U.S., even without a federal law addressing the issue.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Microsoft Aims to Speed Up Data Sharing With Public Agreement Templates

Microsoft's legal team has released standardized data sharing agreement drafts, an effort to streamline the process and encourage data collaboration.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Going In-House: Themes for Success From the Trenches

I recently sat down with in-house counsel at a number of prominent organizations, like Facebook and PepsiCo, to chat about a whole host of questions that commonly face lawyers at law firms—especially litigators in BigLaw—who are considering going in-house.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

CFIUS Issues More Guidance for Dealmakers, Lawyers Say

The updated FAQs provide new insight on the specific circumstances that would trigger the need for review of an investment fund transaction, but they are still very fact-specific and should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis with counsel, lawyers say.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Automation for In-House Teams: Three Key Workflows for Rapid Results

Using automation to improve these three workflows will deliver quantifiable benefits and help the corporate legal team align more closely with the goals of the business.
8 minute read

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