Mike Dillon

Mike’s distaste for acronym use and “legalese” drove him to rewrite Adobe’s contracts to plain English and develop a whole new writing style guide for the legal community. He oversees legal affairs, public policy, and compliance interests by day, but outside the office, he’s an avid blogger, writer, and adventurist. Given his love for writing, it may come as no surprise that Mike received bachelor’s degrees in communications and sociology from UC San Diego before getting his juris doctor degree from Santa Clara University. If Mike were not at Adobe, he’d like to be playing second baseman for the Oakland A’s.

A Melting Future

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A Melting Future

It has taken me longer than I thought to write this. I had wanted to share some of what I learned from our expedition in ...

09-19-2017

Really Tired of Seal Meat

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Really Tired of Seal Meat

Finally back from more than a month in the high arctic. And while I have sampled seal meat in the past (it tastes a bit ...

09-12-2017

Heading North

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Heading North

Later this week, I’m heading north for more than a month. Really north. My travel itinerary looks like this: San Francisco to Toronto to Ottawa ...

06-30-2017

Adobe Honors the Paris Agreement

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Adobe Honors the Paris Agreement

This month, the United States government announced it would pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. The agreement which was signed by 195 countries in ...

06-16-2017

Earth Day and Lawyers: A Perfect Match

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Earth Day and Lawyers: A Perfect Match

Data protection, privacy, security, international taxation – all are in the news and areas of attention for companies and their legal teams. Without doubt, they ...

04-22-2016

Equality for All

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Equality for All

Last week we were honored as a Best Place to Work for the LGBT community by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), with a perfect 100% ...

04-08-2016

Leading the Way to a Low-Carbon, Sustainable Future

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Leading the Way to a Low-Carbon, Sustainable Future

Sustainability at Adobe has been hardwired from the beginning, going back to our invention of the PDF almost 25 years ago. It marked the beginning ...

12-01-2015

Get an Internship!

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Get an Internship!

It seems like every few weeks someone asks me to meet with a college or law school student to discuss career paths. While I enjoy ...

08-06-2015

Taking Legal out of Legalese

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Taking Legal out of Legalese

“The minute you read something that you can’t understand, you can almost be sure

07-15-2015

Finally, Less Time with Paper, More Time with Clients

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Finally, Less Time with Paper, More Time with Clients

Today Adobe is releasing something that will make all of our lives a bit easier, and in the legal profession, that goes a long way. ...

04-06-2015

Running the Table

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Running the Table

It’s that time of year. Time to look back over the past twelve months and consider things accomplished and areas for future improvement. Like everyone ...

12-18-2014

IMHO

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IMHO

Forgive me in advance, but I’m going to go on a bit of a rant here. I simply can’t take it anymore.

11-20-2014

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