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• Stevens Judge: Jury Could Have Convicted "Only with a Jaundiced Eye"
• The Wisdom of Solomon: The NLRB's GC Responds to His Critics
• Kaplan Declines to Recuse From Chevron Case
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Gets Serious About Recusal of Judges
• Next Stop for TiVo-EchoStar Battle: Supreme Court?
• Bratz Attorney Portrayed Mattel as "Corporate Mega-Monster"
• China Market Report: Shifting into Higher Gear
• The Social Network
• Hollywood's Double Take on Social Media
• Facebook's Impact on Compliance Codes
• Playboy Picks Up Top Lawyer From Penthouse, While Penthouse Puts Its Stuff On the Market
• General Counsel Profile: Adam Tachner
• JPMorgan Chase Names Matthew Biben General Counsel/Home Lending, Senior Legal Adviser
• Lawyer Loses License For Advising Clients to Break Into Foreclosed Homes
• ACC Taps Veta Richardson as New President, CEO
• You Need to Network with Everybody

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Stevens Judge: Jury Could Have Convicted "Only with a Jaundiced Eye"	Top
The federal judge presiding over the Lauren Stevens trial said it would have been a "miscarriage of justice" to allow the case to go forward. Stevens "should be permitted to resume her career,? he added
The Wisdom of Solomon: The NLRB's GC Responds to His Critics	Top
The NLRB's acting general counsel Lafe Solomon, who received a scathing letter from Boeing's GC last week after Solomon filed an unfair labor practices complaint against the company, parried with a letter of his own.
Kaplan Declines to Recuse From Chevron Case	Top
A New York judge has refused to recuse himself from a suit brought by Chevron claiming a racketeering conspiracy was committed to win and enforce a multibillion-dollar judgment for environmental damage in Ecuador. Lawyers for "Lago Agrio" plaintiffs, who are defendants in the RICO action, claimed the judge had prejudged the case in Chevron's favor.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Gets Serious About Recusal of Judges	Top
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently signaled that it is going to be taking a much closer look at how trial court judges handle themselves and not hesitate to remove them from cases if there's a question about their impartiality.
Next Stop for TiVo-EchoStar Battle: Supreme Court?	Top
How important to Tivo is the outcome of its epic patent infringement battle with EchoStar Communications? Last May, when the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit granted EchoStar's request for an en banc hearing, Tivo's stock dropped nearly 42 percent. On Wednesday, the en banc panel issued its decision and Tivo's stock closed 30 percent higher.
Bratz Attorney Portrayed Mattel as "Corporate Mega-Monster"	Top
A federal jury on April 21 ordered Mattel Inc. to pay $88.4 million in damages to MGA Entertainment Inc. in a dispute against Mattel Inc. over ownership of the Bratz line of dolls. The first time the case hit a courtroom.
China Market Report: Shifting into Higher Gear	Top
Chinese state-owned automaker BAIC and its general counsel hope that its quest for whole-car technology will help it zoom past its local rivals.
The Social Network	Top
An Asian bar group is helping its members polish their people skills--and land more in-house jobs.
Hollywood's Double Take on Social Media	Top
What should you know if you?re hiring a celebrity endorser, especially one that might decide to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, You Tube, etc. to tweet, post, or upload offensive comments and materials?
Facebook's Impact on Compliance Codes	Top
Social media policies, believe it or not, are still a new phenomenon. And most companies have not yet integrated them into their overall compliance codes.
Playboy Picks Up Top Lawyer From Penthouse, While Penthouse Puts Its Stuff On the Market	Top
Owners of adult publications Playboy and Penthouse were busy on the legal front, as the former hired a new general counsel and the latter announced plans to move forward with an initial public offering.
General Counsel Profile: Adam Tachner	Top
Atheros Communications' GC has been in wireless since before wireless was cool.
JPMorgan Chase Names Matthew Biben General Counsel/Home Lending, Senior Legal Adviser	Top
That's right, you can bank on this move! Matthew Biben will join JPMorgan Chase on March 14 as general counsel of home lending and senior legal adviser for the firm.
Lawyer Loses License For Advising Clients to Break Into Foreclosed Homes	Top
The State Bar of California has removed the law license of Michael T. Pines, a lawyer who garnered substantial media coverage for advising clients to break into their foreclosed homes.
ACC Taps Veta Richardson as New President, CEO	Top
EXCLUSIVE: Veta Richardson tells CorpCounsel.com it's time 'to take things to the next level' as the Association of Corporate Counsel announces that it's hired the current head of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association to succeed outgoing president Fred Krebs.
You Need to Network with Everybody	Top
Don Liu has worked hard to increase the number of Asian Pacific American general counsel in the Fortune 500 companies. It?s important, he says, for Asian American lawyers to polish their social skills.

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