Facebook’s General Counsel Ullyot to Depart the Company

The man who stopped the Winklevii leaves the building.
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Rubicon Project Adds Two Top Execs, as Ad Tech Company Moves Toward IPO

Is ad tech ready to go big and go IPO?
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Nest Takes Honeywell Patents Back to the Drawing Board

The war of the thermostats continues, with a trip back to the U.S. Patent Office.
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Yahoo Conducting a Search for a COO as No. 2 to Mayer

Wanted: High-level worker bee. Turnaround experience a must.
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Not All Yahoos Headed Out Door: Mayer Makes Filo a Direct Report and Bell Permanent GC

More on what’s going on at the Sunnyvale HQ of Silicon Valley’s never-ending turnaround.
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HP Deputy General Counsel Porrini Leaves for Video Ad Company YuMe

Another departure in the general counsel’s office.
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Yahoo’s Longtime Top Lawyer Mike Callahan Departs (Internal Memo!)

The top legal eye flies away from the Silicon Valley Internet giant.
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HP Promotes a New General Counsel

HP today named John Schultz as executive VP and general counsel, replacing David Healy, who took the post on an interim basis in December. Schultz, who joined HP in 2008, will serve on the executive council and report to CEO Meg Whitman.

Facebook Smacks Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims in Counter-Lawsuit

The other shoe in the Facebook-Yahoo patent fight just dropped.
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So It’s the Kodak Strategy for Yahoo — The Last Refuge of the Vaguely Patented

In poking Facebook, Yahoo might now learn what it is really like to be de-friended.
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Rob Glaser Eased Out as RealNetworks CEO

Seeing Is Believing: Bing Gets Visual Search

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