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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November 18, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Companies' Dirty Little Secret: Those Privacy Opt-Out Requests Usually Aren't Honored

“Ignoring privacy requests in states where they are legally obligatory creates a huge legal risk. Most companies that do so usually don't have evil intentions but haven't properly configured their consent-management tools," said Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum.

By Maria Dinzeo

8 minute read

November 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Shareholder Activists Poised to Pounce in 2025. Is Your Board Ready?

“The activists are very press-savvy. They know how to leak to the outlets. They're quite often quite good on CNBC. And CNBC becomes almost like their megaphone," said Steve Lipin, CEO of Gladstone Place Partners.

By Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read

November 13, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Regulatory Upheaval Is Coming. How Businesses Prepare and Respond Will Separate Winners and Losers

“Every regulation is going to be questioned. … And that'll be a better environment for many businesses once the regulations are wiped away. But they're going to have to adapt their businesses to exploit that," said Sean West, co-founder of Hence Technologies.

By Maria Dinzeo

10 minute read

November 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Quantum Computing Company to Part With General Counsel

Rick Danis joined Rigetti in 2019 after a little more than a year at satellite antenna company Kymeta.

By Maria Dinzeo

2 minute read

November 07, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

What to Expect From the SEC Under Trump 2.0

"While the issues of what's in the best interest of an investor will continue to be important, we won't see as much energy put behind trying to expand those obligations beyond the regulatory frameworks that already exist," said Jennifer Klass, a partner at K&L Gates.

By Maria Dinzeo

5 minute read

November 06, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

How Dana Rao Built a 'Yes' Culture at Adobe and Why He Walked Away

When Dana Rao became general counsel of Adobe six years ago, he said he set out to recast the culture of a legal department known as a place where "good ideas go to die."

By Maria Dinzeo

7 minute read

November 04, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Ex-Twitter Exec Sues for $20M, Says Musk Fired Her as 'Petty Retribution'

Leslie Berland was chief marketing officer until October 2022, when a meeting with advertisers went off the rails, leaving Musk embarrassed and looking for someone to blame, according to her lawsuit.

By Maria Dinzeo

4 minute read

November 01, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Old Laws, New Tricks: Lawyers Using Patchwork of Creative Legal Theories to Target New Tech

"Most of the litigation to date is novel, and a win in one court doesn't necessarily scare away the plaintiff's counsel from trying over and over again, or from flooding every website that their clients come in contact with and sending a demand letter," said Bethany Lukitsch, a BakerHostetler partner.

By Maria Dinzeo

6 minute read


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