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• Penn State Abuse Case Highlights Changes in Media, Legal Attitudes
• Samsung Makes Apple Patent-Litigation Plans for 2012
• Moves: BBC Worldwide Casts Martyn Freeman for General Counsel Debut
• Coalition Seeks to Postpone Registration of Unlimited Top-Level Domains
• Deutsche Bank, Citi Settle MBS Claims with Credit Union Regulator for a Combined $165.5 Million
• Google's Patent Counsel on the Ongoing Tech-Patent Wars
• Copyright Troll Righthaven Faces Possible Asset Seizure
• Where Were the Lawyers at Penn State?
• Cost is Just One of Many Factors in Evaluating Outside Counsel
• From the Experts: Unpaid Internships' Swan Song?
• From the Experts: Providing Third-Party Information to the Government
• Moves: Patent Startup Article One Hires First General Counsel
• Moves: A People's Voice
• Moves: Jenner's Andrew Weissmann Tapped as New FBI GC
• Moves: Sharon Ryan Folded Into International Paper GC Spot
• NHL Players' Association GC Skates Into Contract Negotiations
• Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint

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Penn State Abuse Case Highlights Changes in Media, Legal Attitudes	Top
As the Penn State sexual assault scandal continues to unfold, the story takes place against a media and legal backdrop that has evolved considerably in light of previous sex abuse cases.
Samsung Makes Apple Patent-Litigation Plans for 2012	Top
With a month and a half left to go in 2011, it looks like Samsung Electronics Co. has already made big plans for 2012: kicking its patent-infringement litigation efforts against Apple into high gear.
Moves: BBC Worldwide Casts Martyn Freeman for General Counsel Debut	Top
Martyn Freeman will take responsibility for legal and business affairs, and policy and regulatory matters at BBC Worldwide, the global commercial arm of the BBC.
Coalition Seeks to Postpone Registration of Unlimited Top-Level Domains	Top
An alliance of 87 business groups and companies has formed to protest next January's planned expansion of the 22 generic top-level domain names, such as .com and .org, to an almost limitless number. The resulting organization is called the Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight.
Deutsche Bank, Citi Settle MBS Claims with Credit Union Regulator for a Combined $165.5 Million	Top
Deutsche Bank and Citigroup have reached settlements for $145 million and $20.5 million, respectively, with the National Credit Union Administration, which it will apply to $3.3 billion in charges related to credit union failures during the recent fiscal crisis.
Google's Patent Counsel on the Ongoing Tech-Patent Wars	Top
In a recent interview, Google patent counsel Tim Porter discusses the ongoing patent spats over its Android smartphone operating system, which has led to sparring between the web-search giant and such industry heavyweights as Apple and Microsoft.
Copyright Troll Righthaven Faces Possible Asset Seizure	Top
Wayne Hoehn, one of the defendants that Righthaven has unsuccessfully sued for copyright infringement, has asked a Las Vegas federal district court judge to allow him to seize Righthaven's assets in order to enforce a judgment he won in August.
Where Were the Lawyers at Penn State?	Top
So often when a scandal breaks, the first question the public asks is: Where were the lawyers? In the Penn State sexual abuse case, the answer seems to be: Not there.
Cost is Just One of Many Factors in Evaluating Outside Counsel	Top
The third in a three-part series of articles based on ALM's 2011 Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey and Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey.
From the Experts: Unpaid Internships' Swan Song?	Top
Two men who worked as unpaid interns on the 2010 Oscar-nominated film Black Swan have sued the film's production company for allegedly violating the FLSA and the New York Labor Law.
From the Experts: Providing Third-Party Information to the Government	Top
Once taken for granted, the confidentiality of information provided by third parties to the government during the course of nonpublic antitrust investigations can no longer be presumed.
Moves: Patent Startup Article One Hires First General Counsel	Top
Patent research company Article One Partners has opened an office in Palo Alto, Calif., and named its first general counsel, Monica Winghart, former head of IP litigation at Clorox.
Moves: A People's Voice	Top
Johnson Publishing Company, the largest African American?owned publishing firm in the United States, has appointed Kevin Ridley as its next general counsel.
Moves: Jenner's Andrew Weissmann Tapped as New FBI GC	Top
Andrew Weissmann, the former director of the federal government's Enron task force, has left his post as cochair of Jenner & Block's white-collar defense and investigations practice to become the Federal Bureau of Investigation's new general counsel.
Moves: Sharon Ryan Folded Into International Paper GC Spot	Top
Memphis-based International Paper Company has appointed longtime in-house lawyer Sharon Ryan to its general counsel post.
NHL Players' Association GC Skates Into Contract Negotiations	Top
With the NBA lockout recalling the NHL's lost 2004-2005 season, the hockey pros' union has a new general counsel, Don Zavelo, getting in the game a year ahead of the skaters' upcoming contract negotiations.
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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