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2-Year-Old Biotech That's Already Raised $550M Hires First Legal Chief

Woodland Hills, California-based Acelyrin handed the legal reins to a veteran in-house attorney with deep experience in the drug-development industry.
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Bill.com's Raj Aji 'Has All the Skills'

Aji, chief legal and compliance officer for San Jose, California-based Bills.com, started out as an engineer, training that he says leads him to use technology to solve problems.
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Epirus GC Helping Company Turn 'Science Fiction Into Science Fact'

The Los Angeles-based company says Christi Cox's arrival in July 2021 has allowed the company "to fast-track innovation."
4 minute read

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Amid Exodus of Twitter Compliance Talent, FTC Expresses 'Deep Concern'

A lawyer claimed to have heard Alex Spiro, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan who's become a key attorney for Musk, saying "Elon puts rockets into space, he's not afraid of the FTC," according to a Slack message quoted by numerous news organizations.
4 minute read

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Meta Cuts Hit Legal Department, Slamming Brakes on Its Explosive Growth

One Bay Area recruiter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said it would take time before the layoffs affect salaries.
4 minute read

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Cisco's Top Lawyer Earned More Than $13M in First Full Year

Deborah "Dev" Stahlkopf, who left Microsoft for San Jose, California-based Cisco in June 2021, received a pay package from her new employer that makes her one of the nation's highest-paid legal chiefs.
2 minute read

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Longtime In-House Lawyer at Lambda Legal Secures CLO Role

Los Angeles-based Jennifer Pizer interned at Lambda in the 1980s, joined the legal staff in 1996, played a key role in landmark marriage equality litigation and now oversees the organization's legal department.
3 minute read

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High-Profile Bay Area Attorney Steps Down as Legal Chief of NFT Pioneer

In leaving Dapper Labs, Bay Area-based Scott Shipman acknowledged "we are in a crypto winter" but said he remains bullish about continuing technological breakthroughs.
2 minute read

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Vice Media's Legal Chief Exits for CEO Role at Ex-Obama Aides' Podcast Company

Lucinda Treat will be Los Angeles-based Crooked Media's first-ever CEO and is another example of a GC making the leap to the CEO seat.
2 minute read

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Aerospace Firm Fills GC Vacancy From Inside

Joseph Chontos, who started his legal career at the Pentagon and later worked at Northrop Grumman, has taken the legal reins at El Segundo, California-based Aerojet Rocketdyne.
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