When you're in the top seat, you're not standing beside 'the business' offering advice. You're leading the business with other executives, but you have a particular legal perspective that you bring to the table.
Lapointe, who assumed the U.S. Attorney's position in January 2023 after being nominated by President Joe Biden, presided over about 250 prosecutors who zeroed in on government loan scams, false Medicare claims and nursing-school diploma mills, along with Venezuelan corruption, Ponzi schemes and developer Sergio Pino's murder-for-hire plot targeting his wife.
Some of the largest companies have invested substantial resources to change the rules of the game that govern bargaining over IP assets, jeopardizing innovation and society.