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Jan. 13, 2020

Longtime Alphabet chief legal officer exits amidst criticism

Alphabet Inc.'s chief legal officer, David C. Drummond, announced Friday he will leave the company at the end of the month, concluding a long tenure as one of pivotal leaders of the technology giant that started as Google but whose personal conduct and handling of sexual harassment complaints had drawn employee complaints and shareholder lawsuits.

Longtime Alphabet chief legal officer exits amidst criticism
Alphabet Inc.'s chief legal officer, David C. Drummond (New York Times News Service)

Alphabet Inc.'s chief legal officer, David C. Drummond, announced Friday he would leave the company at the end of the month, concluding a long tenure as one of the pivotal leaders of the technology giant that started as Google but whose personal conduct and handling of sexual harassment complaints had drawn employee complaints and shareholder lawsuits.

Drummond characterized his departure as a natural move following the recent decis...

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