Bloomberg reports that Apple has hired Scott Tucker, who spent nearly six years as Meta’s vice president and deputy general counsel for global litigation. Here are the details.
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Earlier this year, Meta’s former chief legal officer, Jennifer Newstead, joined Apple as its new general counsel, replacing longtime executive Kate Adams.
Newstead’s responsibilities eventually expanded to include government affairs following the retirement of Lisa Jackson, who had previously overseen the division.
The changes brought Apple’s legal and government affairs teams under a single executive, with former CEO Tim Cook, now Apple’s executive chairman, remaining directly involved in managing the company’s government relations.
As part of the reorganization, Apple also hired former American Airlines executive Nate Gatten as its new vice president of government affairs.
Now, Bloomberg reports that Newstead is bringing in a former Meta colleague, Scott Tucker, who joined Mark Zuckerberg’s company in 2021 and previously held a senior legal position at Morgan Stanley.
The company has hired Scott Tucker, longtime deputy general counsel and head of litigation at Meta, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Tucker is becoming Apple’s vice president of global litigation and financial services, a newly created position that oversees commercial and patent litigation around the world, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the move is not public. He will also handle legal matters regarding the company’s financial offerings.
The report adds that following Tucker’s addition to the company, Heather Grenier, Apple’s vice president of commercial and competition litigation, will now report to him rather than directly to Newstead. Bloomberg notes, however, that Grenier will retain his position on Newstead’s legal leadership team.
Finally, Bloomberg says Apple is also expanding the responsibilities of longtime legal executive Kyle Andeer, who will now oversee matters involving “international legal matters and functions involving children’s online safety, cybersecurity and law enforcement.”
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