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• Herman Cain Harassment Flap Puts Pressure on General Counsel
• Many Fortune 500 Policies Unclear on Foreign 'Grease Payments'
• U.S. Businesses See Uptick in Cyberattacks by Russia, China
• Rethinking Fee Arrangements Can Reveal Untapped Opportunities
• Glaxo Agrees 'In Principle' to Record $3 Billion Settlement with U.S.
• Copyright Troll Righthaven Faces Possible Asset Seizure
• The D.I.Y. Approach to Intellectual Property and Tech Licensing
• The New CorpCounsel.com Linked In Group
• Top Ten Political Law Compliance Issues for the 2012 Election
• From the Experts: Providing Third-Party Information to the Government
• From the Experts: Ten Tips to Save Costs in Patent Litigation
• 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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Herman Cain Harassment Flap Puts Pressure on General Counsel	Top
Fellow GCs are unlike to envy the hot seat occupied by Peter Kilgore, the general counsel of the National Restaurant Association who is dealing with the fallout from the Herman Cain sexual harassment allegations.
Many Fortune 500 Policies Unclear on Foreign 'Grease Payments'	Top
Among Fortune 500 companies, only 19 of those with public codes of conduct prohibit their employees from making so-called "grease payments" to foreign officials. But a whopping 373 companies deal with the same issue by simply not mentioning it at all in their codes of conduct, according to a new study.
U.S. Businesses See Uptick in Cyberattacks by Russia, China	Top
Overseas electronic economic espionage and the plundering of trade secrets via cyberspace are the subjects of a U.S. government report by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive.
Rethinking Fee Arrangements Can Reveal Untapped Opportunities	Top
Reed Smith's Tom Baldwin and Andrew Baker note that meeting the challenges of alternative fee arrangements and client requests requires a quintessential "team effort."
Glaxo Agrees 'In Principle' to Record $3 Billion Settlement with U.S.	Top
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline reached a $3 billion agreement in principle to settle various federal government investigations into its drug sales and marketing practices and alleged overbilling of Medicaid.
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.
The D.I.Y. Approach to Intellectual Property and Tech Licensing	Top
When it comes to the rough-and-tumble world of tech patents, EMC's IP lawyers would rather do the work themselves.
The New CorpCounsel.com Linked In Group	Top
Join CorpCounsel on the popular professional networking site Linked In. Get regular news updates from CorpCounsel, discuss key topics in the field, and network with in-house and outside counsel.
Top Ten Political Law Compliance Issues for the 2012 Election	Top
The first in a series of columns from attorneys at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, examining the intersections of the political and legal worlds in the run-up to Election Day 2012.
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.
From the Experts: Ten Tips to Save Costs in Patent Litigation	Top
An outline of 10 tips for corporate litigation counsel to consider in order to reduce the cost, but not the quality, of patent litigation.
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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