Twitter Hires Former FBI General Counsel
“Twitter Inc. has brought on former FBI general counsel James Baker to its growing legal department as the company remains locked in a highly public battle with President Donald Trump over guidelines on its popular social media platform,” reports Brian Baxter in Bloomberg Law’s Corporate Governance.
“Baker has joined Twitter as deputy general counsel, the company’s general counsel Sean Edgett said in a Monday night tweet. More than a half-dozen lawyers to have joined Twitter so far this year, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Law.”
“Edgett is serving as Twitter’s top in-house lawyer with chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde on maternity leave. Gadde, who has served as the company’s chief legal and policy executive for nearly a decade, earned more than $7.9 million in total compensation last year, including more than $573,000 in cash. Bloomberg data shows that Gadde also owns $28.34 million in Twitter stock.”
