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Investors Question Rich Activision Blizzard 'Golden Parachutes'

A pair of lawsuits filed last week allege the gaming company's $68.7 billion sale to Microsoft benefits Activision insiders over shareholders.
3 minute read

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Ex-Amgen In-House Leader Joins SF-Based Veracyte as General Counsel

Annie McGuire worked her way up the legal department ladder at Amgen and, later, helped lead a biopharma startup through a $13 billion acquisition.
2 minute read

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How First Bank to Unionize in 40 Years Attracted Employees During Great Resignation

In addition to having a unionized workforce, Beneficial State Bank is unusual in being mission-driven—a status that General Counsel Richard Harvey believes helps with recruiting.
7 minute read

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SF-Based Life360 Names Top Lawyer From Newly Acquired Tile as Company General Counsel

Following Life360's recent acquisition of Tile, Kirsten Daru now leads all legal and government affairs across the company's umbrella of offerings.
2 minute read

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'Permission to Pause': Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal on How the Company Is Retooling Its 'Intense' Culture

"We face incredible, incredible competitive pressure as well as incredible demand from our customers to be constantly shipping new features, new products, new services in a matter of days and weeks."
8 minute read

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Autonomous-Cargo-Plane Developer Hires Chief Legal Officer

Prior to joining Los Altos, California-based Reliable Robotics, Douglas Coleman was general counsel and executive vice president of governance and compliance for aircraft manufacturer Aerion Corp.
2 minute read

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Kaiser Names Bay Area Health Care Lawyer as CLO to Replace Retiring GC

The new legal chief has been with Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente for six years, and worked in-house at two other large health care companies.
2 minute read

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Why Jack Dorsey's Twitter Exit Will Require Deep Involvement of Legal Chief

"The GC, as an officer of the company, has a fiduciary duty to uphold the interests of the shareholders, the owners, and that's their primary duty," consultant Jason Winmill said. "And that's what they need to be focused on."
3 minute read

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WeWork's Stephen Mar Applies the 'Generalist' Approach to Litigation He Learned at Sullivan & Cromwell to In-House Work

"In my current role as head of litigation and investigations, I don't have the luxury to specialize — I need to be a generalist and to be prepared for just about anything. And I love that," said the company's San Francisco-based global head of litigation & investigations.
10 minute read

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Unexpected Death of Bay Area Biotech Lawyer, General Counsel Alan Mendelson Shocks Colleagues

Mendelson died after experiencing a fatal medical event Oct. 8 while attending the San Francisco Giants playoff game.
4 minute read

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