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• Reliance on Counsel: You Are Never as Smart as You Think
• Falling In (House) and Out of Love
• Mobile Devices Fair Game for Police Searches in California
• Web Host Liable for Contributory Infringement
• AstraZeneca Sues South Carolina to Block Use of Private Lawyers in State's Seroquel Case
• Two IP Partners Leave Howrey for Jones Day's Irvine Office
• Sarah Palin's Trademark Application Rejected for Missing Signature
• Unfinished Business: Microsoft GC Says It's Time for Lawyers to Do More
• Mandate for Growth
• Does the Bribery Act Make the U.K. the New Sheriff in Town?
• Why Corporate Counsel Should Lose Sleep Over the Federal Wiretap Act
• General Counsel J. Kevin Blodgett Is Out at Dynegy
• SEC Appoints a New General Counsel
• Darden Restaurants Names Teresa Mosley Sebastian General Counsel
• Drax Power Promotes New GC as It Looks to Expand External Roster
• Virgin Media Makes Internal Hire for New General Counsel
• GC's Smart-Aleck Response in '74 the 'Greatest Letter Ever Printed on NFL Team Letterhead'?
• Borders General Counsel Thomas Carney Resigns
• Who's Afraid of the Bribery Act?

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Reliance on Counsel: You Are Never as Smart as You Think	Top
NEW BLOG! Rich Baer's Reliance on Counsel: When I was appointed general counsel at Qwest in 2002, I automatically became smarter and more articulate. (At least, that is the way people acted in my presence ...) | THE BLOG: RELIANCE ON COUNSEL
Falling In (House) and Out of Love	Top
What's wrong, in-house lawyers ... falling out of love with your career? Did you just catch yourself peering longingly out the window, or maybe you find yourself asking, 'What happened?' • ALSO SEE: Cloud Computing Primer | Expert Archive • Do Good, Sure, But Do It RIGHT! • Screeeech! Social Media Crashes Into Courtroom
Mobile Devices Fair Game for Police Searches in California	Top
On Jan. 3 a divided California Supreme Court quietly issued a major decision that constituted a major defeat for notions of personal privacy amidst the proliferation of personal electronic devices, People v. Diaz, 11 C.D.O.S. 107. This marks a new phase in a major debate between law enforcement and civil liberties advocates.
Web Host Liable for Contributory Infringement	Top
A South Carolina jury's recent $770,750 verdict against Bright Builders Inc. marks the first time a Web-hosting company has been found liable for contributory infringement without actual notice that a customer's Web site lists fake products for sale.
AstraZeneca Sues South Carolina to Block Use of Private Lawyers in State's Seroquel Case	Top
When AstraZeneca reached a $68.5 million settlement with 37 states last week for alleged off-label marketing of Seroquel, seven states with pending Seroquel false marketing cases against AZ stayed on the sidelines. One was South Carolina, which sued AstraZeneca in 2009. On March 14, AstraZeneca went on the attack, filing a 22-page declaratory judgment suit against S.C. AG Alan Wilson in state court in Spartanburg.
Two IP Partners Leave Howrey for Jones Day's Irvine Office	Top
The recent string of partner defections from Howrey has hit one of the firm's Southern California offices with the announcement on Tuesday that intellectual property partners William Rooklidge and Frank Coté would be joining Jones Day's Irvine, Calif., office.
Sarah Palin's Trademark Application Rejected for Missing Signature	Top
May I offer you a pen, ma'am? Sarah Palin may just want to be famous: The former Alaska governor filed applications to trademark her and her daughter Bristol's names. But she forgot one key detail — TO SIGN THEM!!!!!!
Unfinished Business: Microsoft GC Says It's Time for Lawyers to Do More	Top
Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith says that a century and a half after the legal profession failed former slave Dred Scott, it needs to do more to represent all Americans.
Mandate for Growth	Top
The health care law creates new challenges for insurers — and even more work for their already-slammed in-house counsel. Here's an inside peek at how they're getting ready to tackle it.
Does the Bribery Act Make the U.K. the New Sheriff in Town?	Top
OK, GCs, just what you want: How to get out of it — welcome to Dodge City, old chap.
Why Corporate Counsel Should Lose Sleep Over the Federal Wiretap Act	Top
That's right, general counsel, be afraid, be VERY afraid to shut those peepers: e-mail snooping nightmares.
General Counsel J. Kevin Blodgett Is Out at Dynegy	Top
With his company potentially about to be acquired, Dynegy general counsel J. Kevin Blodgett agrees to leave his job at the struggling power generator, and one report even says he shrugged off a $3.6 million payout ... so what happened?
SEC Appoints a New General Counsel	Top
The Securities and Exchange Commission announces that Mark Cahn will be its next general counsel. Prior to joining the SEC in 2009, he was a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (he was also SEC GC from 2000 to 2002).
Darden Restaurants Names Teresa Mosley Sebastian General Counsel	Top
This general counsel job? Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaah, really should come with a lifetime supply of bread sticks! Teresa Mosley Sebastian has taken over as general counsel of Darden Restaurants — the operator behind such brands as Red Lobster and Olive Garden.
Drax Power Promotes New GC as It Looks to Expand External Roster	Top
Drax Power has promoted senior in-house counsel Kavita Singh to general counsel, with a remit to increase its roster of external law firms as the company expands internationally and to oversee the planned development of three biomass power stations with Siemens.
Virgin Media Makes Internal Hire for New General Counsel	Top
Virgin Media appoints Scott Dresser as its new general counsel, after longstanding GC Bryan Hall announced his retirement.
GC's Smart-Aleck Response in '74 the 'Greatest Letter Ever Printed on NFL Team Letterhead'?	Top
Everyone has an inner wise-guy impulse they'd like to unleash after receiving a letter of complaint from a fan. The ex-Cleveland Browns GC SURE did cut loose — and told CorpCounsel.com about the entire episode ...
Borders General Counsel Thomas Carney Resigns	Top
Borders Group may have a problem: With their general counsel resigning, executives seem to be moving faster than books at the financially strapped book chain.
Who's Afraid of the Bribery Act?	Top
Andrew Legg, a senior litigation partner in the London office of Mayer Brown, stopped by to answer questions about the new U.K. law that has been called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on steroids. While general counsel on both sides of the pond may be nervous, Legg calmly explained how the two laws differ, and what companies can do to protect themselves. See also: "Banding Against Bribery" by Sue Reisinger in the March issue of Corporate Counsel.

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