Neustar hires Len Kennedy, ex-U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as...

Neustar hires Len Kennedy, ex-U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as senior vice president-general counsel, effective May 13, replacing Scott Blake Harris, returning to private practice … Dickstein Shapiro hires J.P. Lavalleye, ex-Oblon Spivak, as partner, Intellectual Property Practice … Intel board elects Chief Operating Officer Brian Krzanich as CEO … Fletcher Heald hires Jon Markman, ex-Institute for Justice, as associate … Synchronoss Technologies software-based activation firm for connected devices hires Nick Lazzaro, ex-Vonage, as president-North America … Tellabs elects director Vincent Tobkin, ex-Bain & Co., as chairman, succeeding co-founder Michael Birck, who retired, and Alex Mashinsky, Governing Dynamics, a new board member … E.W. Scripps board elects president and CEO Rich Boehne as chairman, succeeding Nackey Scagliotti, great-granddaughter of founder, who had planned to retire … DSP Group wireless chipset solution provider adds to board Gabi Seligsohn, Nova Measuring Instruments, replacing Yair Shamir, resigned after election to Israeli Knesset and appointment as minister of Agriculture and Rural Development … Lobbyist registration: Nexus Communications, Dutko Worldwide, effective April 30.