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TikTok’s North America Regulatory Chief Joins Pillsbury to Co-Lead New Tech Practice

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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has launched a new Technology – Emerging Laws & Litigation practice and hired Katie Sluss as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Sluss, who most recently served as Head of North American Regulatory at TikTok, will co-lead the group with litigation partner Anne Voigts. The practice focuses on legal issues at the intersection of emerging technologies, regulation, and litigation.

Sluss brings direct experience managing high-stakes regulatory and legal challenges at two of the most scrutinized technology platforms. At TikTok, she led the company's response to evolving regulatory demands, government investigations, and major legal disputes. She previously held senior litigation and regulatory positions at Twitter, including Head of EMEA Litigation & Regulatory. Her practice will center on AI, data privacy, content moderation, youth online safety, government investigations, and platform governance.

The hire signals how law firms are competing aggressively for lawyers with in-house experience at major tech companies facing regulatory pressure. Pillsbury's broader expansion of its technology and privacy capabilities suggests the firm is positioning itself for sustained demand around emerging-tech compliance and disputes. For clients, the move reflects the accelerating pace of technology regulation and litigation—and the premium placed on lawyers who have navigated those battles from inside the companies now under scrutiny.

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