FCC promotes Patrick Halley to acting director, Office of Legislative...

FCC promotes Patrick Halley to acting director, Office of Legislative Affairs, taking over from Greg Guice, who left the agency this summer and now is with Akin Gump … Public Knowledge Vice President Michael Weinberg and Chief Operating Officer Brooke Hunter named acting co-presidents, as Gigi Sohn departs for FCC (see separate report above in this issue) … Leaving Arris are Rob McLaughlin, leader of North America sales and global marketing & communications team, and John Burke, leader of cloud solutions team and corporate strategy and development team, effective end of November, to pursue other opportunities … Multi-Tech Systems hires Rodney Landers, high-technology industry executive who remains consultant to Safe Retrieve, as CEO of machine-to-machine communications firm, with Patricia Sharma, wife of late founder Raghu Sharma, named chairwoman, and Del Palacheck promoted to chief operating officer … Equinix hires Pete Hayes, ex-Frontier Communications, as chief sales officer … Among those on 2013-14 American Intellectual Property Law Association board are: Wayne Sobon, Inventergy, president and chairman of the executive committee; Sharon Israel, Mayer Brown, president-elect; Denise DeFranco, Finnegan Henderson, first vice president; Mark Whitaker, Baker Botts, second vice president; and Bernard Knight, McDermott Will, general counsel.