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The rapid expansion of AI is pushing legal teams into unfamiliar territory. Companies building these systems face shifting expectations from regulators, courts, the public, and the questions arrive faster than any guidance. Anthropic operates in this fast-moving environment, where every decision carries broad implications and the legal framework is always evolving. Helping guide Anthropic’ s approach is Natalie Naugle, Associate General Counsel, whose extensive experience managing complex legal dockets at scale shapes how she leads the work.
Natalie lives in Oakland with her wife and daughter and describes her career journey with clarity.“ I’ ve been practicing law for more than 20 years, both in private practice and then shifting in-house,” she shares. She began her career at Morrison & Foerster, where she spent nearly a decade before taking about a year off after her daughter was born to reassess her direction. After that break, she took what she calls“ a seat on the rocket ship” at Meta.
After joining, Natalie remained at Meta for ten years. The fast pace and high stakes shaped how she approaches tough legal problems.“ The ten years I spent at Meta were sort of like 70 years in practice,” she jokes. She began as one of three litigators managing the company’ s docket and eventually took on managing the US and Canada Litigation team during her last five years there. That stretch placed her in the middle of Cambridge Analytica.“ Every regulator you could think of went after the company,” she recalls.“ There were massive amounts of civil litigation.” Cases like that shaped how she litigates and taught her to handle intense scrutiny while staying calm amid chaos.
From social media to the AI frontier
Over the years, Natalie watched Meta’ s legal department grow from about 100 lawyers to more
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