Wake Up Call: Tyson Foods Promotes Compliance Head to Top Lawyer

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• Food industry giant Tyson Foods Inc. promoted senior vice president and head of law and compliance Adam Deckinger to general counsel and secretary. He’s a former Boeing litigation counsel and Boies Schiller Flexner attorney. Deckinger will succeed another Boeing veteran, Amy Tu, Tyson’s chief legal officer and secretary. She was named Tysons’ president, international & chief administrative officer in September. Earlier this month, poultry producer Butterball LLC poached Tyson chief counsel Brett Worlow for general counsel. Butterball and ...