Nicole Wong, deputy general counsel of Google, has joined the Board of Directors of the California First Amendment Coalition, the free speech and open-government advocacy group. An expert on legal issues concerning technology and the internet, Wong has responsibility at Google for litigation and legal strategies for all Google products. Before joining Google, she was a partner at Perkins Coie, a Seattle-based law firm, where she represented both traditional media companies –including Hearst Corporation, McClatchy Company, The Los Angeles Times, and Walt Disney — as well as “new media” clients Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo! (File photo by Declan McCullagh/CNET News.com)