Apple just hired Jennifer Newstead away from Meta to replace Kate Adams as general counsel, and she's starting the transition process before officially taking over the legal team. Newstead spent over six years running legal stuff at Meta and previously worked at the State Department, plus Davis Polk, and she's gonna handle both the legal function and government affairs once Adams fully retires later on.
The timing is kinda wild since Apple is dealing with massive antitrust heat in the UK and US over App Store monopoly allegations that could cost them billions. Newstead has serious government experience from her time in the Bush administration and clerking for Supreme Court justices, so she's probably walking into one of the messier GC gigs in tech right now.
Adams has been holding down the role since 2017 and apparently gave solid strategic advice on privacy fights, but she's bouncing next year after nearly a decade at the company.
The timing is kinda wild since Apple is dealing with massive antitrust heat in the UK and US over App Store monopoly allegations that could cost them billions. Newstead has serious government experience from her time in the Bush administration and clerking for Supreme Court justices, so she's probably walking into one of the messier GC gigs in tech right now.
Adams has been holding down the role since 2017 and apparently gave solid strategic advice on privacy fights, but she's bouncing next year after nearly a decade at the company.
