Bumble Beckons as ViacomCBS Parts Ways With Top CBS Lawyer

Nov. 2, 2020, 6:19 PM UTC

ViacomCBS Inc. is breaking up with Laura Franco, a longtime lawyer at legacy CBS Corp., nearly a year after CBS and Viacom Inc. created the New York-based media giant in a mega-merger that consolidated two legal departments.

The company disclosed in an Oct. 30 securities filing that Laura Franco, who since early 2019 has been general counsel for all CBS-branded businesses, will serve in a consulting role from Nov. 1 to Dec. 1 and then leave ViacomCBS.

Franco, who joined legacy Viacom in 1995, moved to CBS a decade later when both companies split apart before reuniting last year. ...

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