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Inside Counsel at Meta Scale What does it mean to serve as chief legal officer at a company operating at the scale of Meta? The question is not simply how to manage litigation or supervise outside counsel. It is how to lead a legal function inside a business that sits at the intersection of platform governance, product design, antitrust scrutiny,…
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In the thick of the COVID-19 national health emergency, President Trump has tweeted and stated on several occasions that he will seek to overrule states'…
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Barbara McQuade
Digital platforms now enable the near-instantaneous distribution of information, including misinformation and disinformation, to vast audiences. Disinformation refers to false or manipulated information deliberately created…
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Jeffrey Toobin
For more than two centuries, the American legal system has rested on a basic premise: lawyers are not held responsible for the conduct of their…
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The basis that all commissioners now operate under is that they are there to protect the best interest of the sport.
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Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Sports Law and Policy at Duke Law
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