Wake Up Call: Microsoft’s New General Counsel Role Goes to Dev Stahlkopf

• Microsoft Corp. promoted deputy general counsel Dev Stahlkopf to the new position of general counsel and corporate vice president, in which she will report to the company’s president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith. Stahlkopf, who arrived at the company in 2007, practiced law at Perkins Coie and at Cooley. ( Corporate Counsel )

• The Securities and Exchange Commission fined the company previously known as Yahoo! Inc. $35 millionfor keeping its investors “in the dark” about a massive cyber breach for two years. It’s the regulator’s first fine targeting such conduct. ( Washington Post )

• Northerwestern University Pritzker School of Law named the first woman dean in ...