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• Amazon Surrenders on California Tax Law, But Still Fights Nationally
• Joe West's First Day at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association
• Patent Reform News and Opinion Roundup
• SEC Takes on Deloitte Unit over Audit Records as Pressure Mounts on Chinese Companies with U.S. Listings
• HTC Ramps UP Patent Claims Against Apple, Thanks to Google's IP
• Judge Calls His Own Expert at Oracle/Google Patent Trial
• Trademark Holders Face an Explicit Problem With .XXX Web Domain
• Looking Back Ten Years After 9/11 with Joe Whitley, the First Department of Homeland Security GC
• Cigna's GC Talks About the Law Department's Role in Health Care Reform
• From the Experts: To Appeal or Not to Appeal, That is the Question
• Making Your Privacy Policy Comprehensive and Comprehensible
• Congressional Supercommittee Picks Michael Bloomquist for GC
• Moves: Nicholas Eldred Goes from BBC GC to Christie's Counsel
• 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
• Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint

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Amazon Surrenders on California Tax Law, But Still Fights Nationally	Top
In the escalating war over online-shopping sales taxes, Amazon is fielding a big army and wielding big guns. But with a new compromise deal Amazon has cut with California, it's not entirely clear which side has scored the strategic victory.
Joe West's First Day at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association	Top
As Joe West begins his new job as CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, he is planning an ambitious agenda that will emphasize "tangible and concrete change" in corporate environs.
Patent Reform News and Opinion Roundup	Top
The Senate overwhelmingly passed an update to the country's patent system, affirming the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act in an 89-9 vote. To help frame the potential business transformations on the other side of the Leahy-Smith Act's passage, we've collected links from websites and blogs looking at the new law.
SEC Takes on Deloitte Unit over Audit Records as Pressure Mounts on Chinese Companies with U.S. Listings	Top
Two companies recently disclosed receiving Wells notices from the SEC, and the agency on Tuesday sued the Shanghai arm of Deloitte to enforce a subpoena in one of its probes. The Deloitte litigation could test the limits of new powers granted to the SEC under Dodd-Frank to subpoena foreign accounting firms.
HTC Ramps UP Patent Claims Against Apple, Thanks to Google's IP	Top
HTC's lawyers amended and filed new complaints against Apple before the U.S. International Trade Commission, all of which allege that Apple's most popular products infringe on HTC patents relating to mobile technology. The new allegations relate to nine patents HTC recently obtained from Google.
Judge Calls His Own Expert at Oracle/Google Patent Trial	Top
U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup has appointed an expert to testify on damages in Oracle America Inc.'s closely watched suit against Google Inc., which claims the Android mobile operating system violates Java-related patents and copyrights that Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems Inc.
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?"
Looking Back Ten Years After 9/11 with Joe Whitley, the First Department of Homeland Security GC	Top
When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security came into being after 9/11, Joe Whitley was hired as the first general counsel. A decade later, Whitley looks back at the early days of building the DHS Office of General Counsel.
Cigna's GC Talks About the Law Department's Role in Health Care Reform	Top
At least one sector of the U.S. economy is showing strong vital signs: the health care industry. Nearly 25 percent of jobs created in the last year have been health care positions, which is good news for Nicole Jones, Cigna's new GC.
From the Experts: To Appeal or Not to Appeal, That is the Question	Top
When handed an adverse patent application decision, the cost, time, and likelihood of success become the basic considerations for deciding whether to appeal the examiner's decision. Given there are already 20,000 undecided appeals hanging in limbo with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the decision to appeal must be made strategically.
Making Your Privacy Policy Comprehensive and Comprehensible	Top
Most businesses collect and use personal information every day, and make privacy promises while doing so. Unfortunately, the FTC has found that most corporate privacy policies are "incomprehensible," and that "consumers typically do not read, let alone understand" these privacy disclosures.
Congressional Supercommittee Picks Michael Bloomquist for GC	Top
The so-called Congressional "supercommittee" is beginning its work on drafting plans for reducing the U.S. debt, and one of the first pieces of business was naming Michael Bloomquist as its general counsel.
Moves: Nicholas Eldred Goes from BBC GC to Christie's Counsel	Top
Stepping from the telly to the auction block, Nicholas Eldred is departing his general counsel post at the British Broadcasting Corporation to become group general counsel at Christie's, the international auctioneer.
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.
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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