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Coinbase CLO—and Former Atherton Mayor—On Being a Crypto Industry Veteran

Given his prior gig, Mike Lempres, chief legal officer at San Francisco-based Coinbase, has a deep understanding of why and how regulators do what they do.
4 minute read

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The Pitch Is for Practice, but the Clients Are Real

ALM's Perfecting Your Pitch program set for Nov. 14 in San Francisco will be a forum for female lawyers to practice pitch delivery and receive valuable feedback from in-house lawyers.
2 minute read

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Terra Tech CLO on Life In-House at a California Cannabis Company

Joseph Segilia built a legal department from scratch at Irvine's Terra Tech, and learned a lot about cannabis law in the process.
6 minute read

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Lessons from Elon Musk: What the CEO's Tweet Can Teach GCs About Damage Control

When Musk tweeted about potentially taking his company private this week, the world listened. And it's likely his in-house lawyers had to step up their game.
4 minute read

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Big Earners in the Golden State: Here Are Calif.'s Top 10 Best Paid GCs

Tech, entertainment and other industries fueled some big time GC salaries in California, according to the latest edition of Corporate Counsel's GC Compensation Survey.
1 minute read

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Summer Internships: A More Direct Route In-House for Law Students With Eyes on Silicon Valley

NetApp, Adobe and Google have joined the ranks of tech companies offering summer programs geared toward law students aiming to go in-house in their legal careers.
5 minute read

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Granite Construction Brings on Industry Vet as New General Counsel

Craig Hall has spent more than two decades in the construction industry in the run-up to joining the Watsonville-based, publicly-traded construction company.
1 minute read

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Irvine's Bankruptcy Management Solutions Brings on Christopher Updike as GC

Updike, a veteran of both Cadwalader and Debevoise, joins a lawyer-helmed company that provides software and services for consumer and corporate bankruptcy.
1 minute read

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Gearing Up For an IPO, Uber Hires Another Covington Alum To Head In-House Transactions Team

Uber Technologies Inc. announced on Thursday that it will be adding longtime Covington & Burling partner Keir Gumbs as associate general counsel, corporate transactions and deputy corporate secretary. Deptury GC Tammy Albarran previously joined Uber from the firm.
1 minute read

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LA-Based Electric Carmaker Hires Banking, Regulatory Expert as Top Lawyer

Henry (Hong) Liu, a former partner at Mayer Brown who served as general counsel of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, will hold several global roles at Faraday Future, bringing years of experience in Asian markets.
3 minute read

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