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• Trademark Holders Face an Explicit Problem With .XXX Web Domain
• Cutting Red Tape to Reduce Regulatory Costs of Government Rules
• GM Claims No Responsibility for Pre-Bankruptcy Repairs
• Friends in High-Tech Places
• In Ten-Year-Old IPO Litigation, Plaintiffs Lawyers and Class Members Still Waiting to Get Paid
• Social Gaming Giant Zynga Faces New Patent Infringement Litigation
• Google's Motorola Deal Highlights the Patent Failures of the Patent System
• New SEC Rules Promise Payouts for Whistleblowers, but How Have Past Tipsters Fared?
• Down Economy and Increased Regulation Impact Corporate Fraud
• From the Experts: Document Review with No Pain, All Gain
• From the Experts: Is That You, Terence?
• Wal-Mart Associate GC Joseph West Moving on to Lead MCCA
• 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
• Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint

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Trademark Holders Face an Explicit Problem With .XXX Web Domain	Top
As ICANN's expansion of top-level internet domains goes into effect, the keepers of corporate trademarks are going to need to have an unusual conversation in the next few weeks: "What should we do about the .xxx domain?"
Cutting Red Tape to Reduce Regulatory Costs of Government Rules	Top
The White House has announced a bit of red-tape pruning, to the tune of $4 billion in regulatory costs. The administration is proposing measures aimed at streamlining government requirements and passing on the savings to businesses, particularly small businesses.
GM Claims No Responsibility for Pre-Bankruptcy Repairs	Top
Is the "New GM" that emerged after the 2009 bankruptcy of General Motors on the hook to fix problems in its 2007 and 2008 model-year cars? GM says no, in a recent filing relating to a breach-of-warranty lawsuit against the car manufacturer.
Friends in High-Tech Places	Top
California's 'Chipsters' group (a sort of acronym for chief IP counsel) formed several years ago to help each other, and other women, thrive in Silicon Valley's male-dominated business culture. Their careers are evidence that women have achieved something like critical mass in intellectual property law.
In Ten-Year-Old IPO Litigation, Plaintiffs Lawyers and Class Members Still Waiting to Get Paid	Top
The wheels of justice are turning slowly in a massive IPO securities case filed in 2001. Although Manhattan federal district court judge Shira Scheindin in October 2009 gave final approval to a $586 million class settlement, appeals by class members and lawyers alike have stalled any distribution of funds or fees.
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.
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?
New SEC Rules Promise Payouts for Whistleblowers, but How Have Past Tipsters Fared?	Top
Looking back at two very different whistleblowers we've profiled over the past three and a half years, one has had some success in court, and the other filed a brief revealing that his lawsuit has cost him nearly everything he owned.
Down Economy and Increased Regulation Impact Corporate Fraud	Top
Two news studies, by The Network and KMPG, examine the impact of the economic downturn and new regulations on both the act of fraud and how it's reported to management.
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.
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?
Wal-Mart Associate GC Joseph West Moving on to Lead MCCA	Top
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.
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.
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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