01.09.08
Joseph LaSala’s Departure from Novell Officially Confirmed, Novell Has No General Counsel
We mentioned this the other day and it’s now official.
Form
8-K for
NOVELL INC
9-Jan-2008
Change in Directors or Principal Officers
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective January 13, 2008, Joseph A. LaSala, Jr. is resigning as Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of Novell, Inc. to become the Senior
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Discovery
Communications.




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