Twitter Lawyer Resigns From Position

Twitter General Counsel Alex Macgillivray has announced that he is leaving his position at the social networking company. Macgillivray said that he was leaving in order to pursue “other passions.” He made the announcement on his blog today, and tweeted a link to the post. The lawyer said that Vijaya Gadde, the company’s head of international and corporate law, will eventually take over his position, but he will stay on as an adviser to the company’s legal team for the medium term. Macgillivray said that he will gradually reduce his role in the day-to-day business of the company going forward….