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• Wal-Mart Associate GC Joseph West Moving on to Lead MCCA
• Social Gaming Giant Zynga Faces New Patent Infringement Litigation
• From the Experts: Document Review with No Pain, All Gain
• Torys Advising Wi-LAN on Hostile Bid for 'Patent Troll' Rival Mosaid
• U.S. Steel Off the Hook Under WARN Act Because of Economic Crisis
• Are Social Gaming Patents the Next Big Litigation Battlefield?
• Google's Motorola Deal Highlights the Patent Failures of the Patent System
• RAND Report Examines Relationship of Asbestos Trusts and Torts
• Starting Gun Sounds at SEC Whistleblower Office
• From the Experts: Is That You, Terence?
• From the Experts: Brave New (Post-Mensing) World
• Q&A: Incoming Recording Industry Chief Sherman Targets Piracy
• Moves: Kristin Campbell Makes Herself at Home at Hilton Worldwide
• Drinker Biddle's Gregg Melinson Going In-House at HP
• Andrew Kline Joins Go Daddy as Deputy General Counsel for Global Policy
• New ACC GC James A. Merklinger Touts the Value of Association
• Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint

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Wal-Mart Associate GC Joseph West Moving on to Lead MCCA	Top
CorpCounsel.com has learned that Joseph West, associate general counsel for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is leaving his post to become president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, effective September 12.
Social Gaming Giant Zynga Faces New Patent Infringement Litigation	Top
Following several high-profile bouts of smartphone patent litigation and acquisition, social gaming patents are joining the fray as the industry's big dog Zynga is being sued for patent infringement. This is the second patent suit levied against Zynga this summer.
From the Experts: Document Review with No Pain, All Gain	Top
Text analytics search technology enables smarter review strategies that improve both the speed and quality of the expensive review process. Using this technology to structure a review allows litigation professionals to significantly reduce discovery costs by increasing review speeds.
Torys Advising Wi-LAN on Hostile Bid for 'Patent Troll' Rival Mosaid	Top
Wi-LAN Inc. announced that it is pursuing a $490 million hostile takeover of rival Mosaid Technologies. The move, Wi-LAN said in a statement, is aimed at extracting lucrative licensing deals from technology manufacturers as patent valuations continue to soar.
U.S. Steel Off the Hook Under WARN Act Because of Economic Crisis	Top
A Minnesota federal judge has ruled that U.S. Steel Corp. did not violate the federal law requiring advance notice of plant closings because the depth of the recent economic crisis was not foreseeable. Although the company did not comply with the provisions of the law, the judge found that the unforeseeable business circumstances exception to the law applies.
Are Social Gaming Patents the Next Big Litigation Battlefield?	Top
Leviathan Entertainment makes and protects the ideas behind interactive social games like FarmVille, and after the recent skirminshes over smartphone patents, gaming patents are set to become big news in business and litigation.
Google's Motorola Deal Highlights the Patent Failures of the Patent System	Top
For $12.5 billion, Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility bought the online search giant a windfall of one the summer's hottest commodities: 17,000 tech patents. Is this how U.S. patents are supposed to work?
RAND Report Examines Relationship of Asbestos Trusts and Torts	Top
A new study on asbestos trusts and the current U.S. tort system raises questions about settlement amounts, costs shouldered by some defendants, and the availability of funds to settle future asbestos-related claims.
Starting Gun Sounds at SEC Whistleblower Office	Top
As mandated by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law, the Securities and Exchange Commission has officially opened the doors of its new Office of the Whistleblower, a central clearinghouse for tipsters to report corporate fraud.
From the Experts: Is That You, Terence?	Top
Convicted English fraudster Terence Freeman swindled 335 investors in a Ponzi scheme that collapsed with losses of £44 million ($71 million). How did all this happen, and what lessons are there for British and American corporate regulation?
From the Experts: Brave New (Post-Mensing) World	Top
An examination of the potential legal risks brand-name manufacturers face and some concrete suggestions for proactively mitigating these risks, both now and in the future.
Q&A: Incoming Recording Industry Chief Sherman Targets Piracy	Top
In September, the Recording Industry Association of America gets a new leader, Cary Sherman, who has been the group's president for the past 10 years after serving a previous stint as its general counsel.
Moves: Kristin Campbell Makes Herself at Home at Hilton Worldwide	Top
Recently, Hilton Worldwide has moved its HQ from Beverly Hills to the suburbs of Washington, D.C.; grown exponentially in emerging markets like Saudi Arabia and China; and hired a new general counsel, Kristin Campbell.
Drinker Biddle's Gregg Melinson Going In-House at HP	Top
Drinker Biddle & Reath partner Gregg Melinson talks about his cross-country move from Pennsylvania to California, to serve as Hewlett Packard's deputy general counsel and vice president of global government affairs.
Andrew Kline Joins Go Daddy as Deputy General Counsel for Global Policy	Top
Powerhouse domain registrar Go Daddy has brought former White House lawyer Andrew Kline into the private sector as its first-ever deputy GC for global policy, a sign of the company's growing presence on Capitol Hill.
New ACC GC James A. Merklinger Touts the Value of Association	Top
As the new general counsel for the Association of Corporate Counsel, James A. Merklinger will continue to extol the benefits of membership, albeit from a higher perch at the world's largest organization for in-house counsel.
Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint	Top
CorpCounsel.com reporter Shannon Green talks to general counsel John Cannon from Best Legal Department 2011 Finalist Wellpoint.

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