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After a Second Google Suit, Time to Re-Examine Policies Around Internal Forums?

The follow up to James Damore's suit against Google may prompt legal departments to take a close look at how they deal with speech on internal company message boards.
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How Long Should a GC Stay at the Same Company in Today's Market?

Many professionals view the role of general counsel/chief legal officer as the top legal spot in the in house world. It is a “goal achieved”—through years of hard work and career navigation. And it's a legal position unique to any other… and is viewed as such by employers
3 minute read

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Wickr GC Says 'Waymo v. Uber' Had 'Very Positive Result' for Ephemeral Messaging

Jennifer DeTrani, GC at the disappearing message app maker and Wickr outside counsel, and Jonathan Meyer, a partner at Sheppard Mullin, spoke to The Recorder about how they explain the perks of ephemeral messaging to companies and what it's like being name-dropped in court.
9 minute read

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49 Tech Companies Call for Protection of Sanctuary City Funding in New Amicus Brief

The companies, which were represented by attorneys from Fenwick & West, called Trump's move to cut funding to sanctuary cities "antithetical to the values, practices and culture of Silicon Valley, the Bay Area, and technology hubs across the country."
3 minute read

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Adobe Pairs With Firms for Split-Summer 1L Diversity Internship

Adobe Systems Inc.'s legal team is looking to build diversity in-house and in partnered firms in a new, more collaborative way.
5 minute read

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5 Takeaways From Tech Leaders' Content Moderation Conference

Tech companies' legal leaders and policy experts gathered at Santa Clara University School of Law on Feb. 2 for a day of panels on content moderation and removal.
5 minute read

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Airbnb CLO Belinda Johnson Becomes the Company's First COO

Belinda Johnson, who has been dubbed "Airbnb's Sheryl Sandberg," will be the first to take this role at the company.
3 minute read

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Adobe GC Mike Dillon Is Retiring, but He Won't Be Slowing Down

Dillon's post-Adobe plans include welding, baking sourdough bread, fighting climate change—and publishing a book.
6 minute read

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Snap Inc. GC Michael O'Sullivan to Employees: If You Leak, We May Sue You

"If you leak Snap Inc. information, you will lose your job and we will pursue any and all legal remedies against you. And that's just the start," O'Sullivan wrote in a recent internal memo obtained by the media.
3 minute read

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Former Uber CLO Salle Yoo Named in Reports of Tool Meant to Evade Foreign Authorities

Uber's former CLO Salle Yoo is in the spotlight again, after a report from Bloomberg that she knew about an Uber tool that allowed remote company-owned device shutdowns in the event of police raids in offices outside the United States.
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