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New FCC Chair Hires Section 230 Critic as General Counsel

FCC Chair Brendan Carr told Semafor that Adam Candeub "is a rare talent—he has fought fearlessly against Big Tech censorship and has had a successful career both as an effective telecom litigator and academic."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Sylvia Favretto Elevated to Mysten Labs’ General Counsel

“Working in crypto involves operating in gray areas without legal precedent, and the most successful attorneys can make informed decisions quickly even without clarity,” said Sylvia Favretto, general counsel at Mysten Labs.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Fired by Trump, EEOC's First Blind GC Lands at Nonprofit Targeting Abuses of Power

"The president is not a king, and his power has limits within our Constitutional system of checks and balances—checks and balances that, at Public Citizen, I will fight every day to preserve," Karla Gilbride said.
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Corporate Counsel

LSU General Counsel Quits Amid Fracas Over First Amendment Rights of Law Professor

A day before Winston DeCuir Jr. submitted his resignation letter, he'd offered encouraging words to a group of students protesting the suspension of law professor Dan Levy.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Exits Leave American Airlines, SiriusXM, Spotify Searching for New Legal Chiefs

January also saw high-profile hirings, with Hilton Worldwide nabbing former CIA and DOD legal chief Caroline Krass.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Startup Bringing AI to Doctors' Offices Hires First GC

"The legal questions around the use of AI in health care are extremely challenging and exciting," said Aden Fine, general counsel of Suki.
4 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: Why Relentless Self-Promoters Need Not Apply for GC Posts

“True leadership is about putting others first,” said Jason B. Daly, chief legal officer of Amneal Pharmaceuticals.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former CIA General Counsel Joining Hilton Worldwide as Legal Chief

Caroline Krass comes to the lodging giant after a quarter-century holding key roles in the federal government. Krass has "spent her career leading large global teams through complex legal matters in high-stakes, fast-paced environments," Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta said.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners, Kneecapping Democrat-Controlled Civil Rights Agency

A White House official defended the purge, calling the three women from the two agencies who lost their jobs "far-left appointees with radical records of upending longstanding labor law."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Testing Legal Authority, Trump Fires NLRB Member, Leaving Panel Without Quorum

In a note to clients Tuesday, Littler Mendelson called the dismissal of Gwynne Wilcox "literally unprecedented."
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