GC musical chairs
- On January 10, 2026
Big GC moves this winter:
- Apple CLO Kate Adams announced she was retiring in December.
- Apple is replacing its CLO with Jennifer Newstead from Meta.
- Meta is replacing its CLO with CJ Mahoney, a VP from Microsoft.
- Former Microsoft CLO Hossein Nowbar, who left the company in the fall, joined ServiceNow this past week.
- Current Microsoft CLO Jonathan Palmer, a longtime exec at the company, was promoted to this position in September 2025.
Sources: Meta Appoints C.J. Mahoney As Chief Legal Officer Amid Big Tech Legal Reshuffle https://share.google/NxHWvvZlRkrhqO21U; Tech Moves: Amazon AI leader joins Google Cloud; Meta taps new chief legal officer from Microsoft – GeekWire https://share.google/oP7qzHYq381RMU0fY
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