01.07.08
Joseph LaSala Quits Novell!
One question remains: Why was Novell so quiet about it?
He appears to have just landed in a new job.
Most recently, LaSala served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Novell, where he served as a member of Novell’s executive leadership team and had responsibility for all legal matters affecting Novell on a worldwide basis, including corporate governance, intellectual property, contract management, licensing, anti-piracy, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation. LaSala joined Novell in 2001 when the company acquired Cambridge Technology Partners, where he served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary since 2000.
With layoffs planned for this year, many Novell employees already plan their escape. █
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anonymous said,
January 8, 2008 at 10:16 am
Novell was “so” quiet about it because public corporations do not generally comment on personnel matters.
Roy Schestowitz said,
January 8, 2008 at 10:41 am
They sometimes do. This is a high-profile departure. Consider cases where the media talks about personnel matters that are too hard to ignore. A company is often better off responding to the media, as opposed to leaving the door open for misinterpretation (e.g. reasons for departure).