Caroline covers the intersection of tech and law for Corporate Counsel. She's based in San Francisco. Find her on Twitter @CarolineSpiezio.
July 25, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Complying With COPPA: Privacy Lawyers Share Strategies as FTC Strengthens EnforcementEven if a site is open to all audiences, such as YouTube or TikTok, lawyers say features like bright colors or emojis could lead the FTC to classify it as a platform appealing to children.
By Caroline Spiezio
3 minute read
July 25, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Media Industry Veteran Dana Rosen Moves to Time as General CounselTime announced Dana Rosen, who has spent more than a decade in-house at media companies, as its new chief legal officer Thursday.
By Caroline Spiezio
3 minute read
July 25, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Sophos General Counsel Eleanor Lacey Tapped to Lead Asana's Legal TeamEleanor Lacey, a general counsel with more than two decades of in-house experience, is moving to work management platform company Asana from British software company Sophos Group.
By Caroline Spiezio
2 minute read
July 24, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Big Tech Is Staring Down Another Antitrust Probe: Here's Who They've Got In-HouseFacebook, Apple, Google and Amazon all have antitrust counsel on their in-house roster. Here's a look at the lawyers who could play a role in Big Tech's new DOJ antitrust probe.
By Caroline Spiezio
4 minute read
July 24, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
'The Price of Privacy Violations Just Went Up': FTC's $5B Facebook Fine Ups the Stakes for All General CounselIn a press conference Wednesday morning, FTC commissioners said the agency's order against the tech company should be read as a signal that consumer privacy violations will be taken seriously in the U.S., even without a federal law addressing the issue.
By Caroline Spiezio
4 minute read
July 23, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Microsoft Aims to Speed Up Data Sharing With Public Agreement TemplatesMicrosoft's legal team has released standardized data sharing agreement drafts, an effort to streamline the process and encourage data collaboration.
By Caroline Spiezio
3 minute read
July 14, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Constantly On Call: The Client's Role in the Legal Profession's Mental Health CrisisLawyers said many in-house counsel aren't thinking about their impact on the mental health of outside counsel—but they should be.
By Caroline Spiezio
3 minute read
July 08, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Legal Ops Long-Term: What Gets Outsourced?As legal ops teams complete initial process and tech improvement wins, some are opting to outsource maintenance.
By Caroline Spiezio
4 minute read
July 03, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Closing the Gap: Former MetLife Counsel Coaches Women on Succeeding in LawAfter more than 20 years in-house at MetLife, veteran lawyer Sheila Murphy was ready for a change. Now, she's coaching women lawyers on how to grow their careers in-house and at firms.
By Caroline Spiezio
7 minute read
July 02, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Prioritize, Communicate & Plan: Tips for CCPA Compliance From HBR's Laurie FischerCorporate Counsel spoke with Laurie Fischer, managing director at HBR Consulting, about the biggest challenges and success strategies she's seeing from in-house teams taking on CCPA compliance.
By Caroline Spiezio
7 minute read