Cambly

Cambly Inc., an education technology startup offering English language services through a video platform, has hired Laurence Wilson as its general counsel.

Edtech companies looked to [serve clients](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/with-stormy-school-year-ahead-chegg-pegs-pac-12s-top-lawyer) coping with lockdown orders sought legal expertise as [regulators took an interest](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/edtech-tools-gathering-data-must-guard-kids-privacy-ftc-warns) in [distance learning](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/explosion-in-distance-learning-tech-use-sparks-privacy-worries). Yelp’s proxy did disclose that Wilson’s spouse and the company’s chief diversity officer, Miriam Warren, received a $300,000 base salary last year. [lawyer hired](https://www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw/document/XANE4GUO000000) in-house at Yelp Inc. The company, which was founded in 2012 and has its roots in technology startup accelerator Y Combinator, Wilson currently owns nearly $6 million in Yelp stock, per Bloomberg data. Wilson joined Cambly as its first in-house lawyer in mid-September, he said via email.