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• Cable Leaked by WikiLeaks Shows Details of BAE Saudi Arms Deal
• Two Former General Counsel Named to Presidential Advisory Board
• Manhattan Federal Judge Kimba Wood Calls Record Companies' Request for $75 Trillion in Damages 'Absurd' in Lime Wire Copyright Case
• 'Wayback' to the Collapse of Law Firms
• Software Maker Hit With $585,000 in Sanctions, Fees
• Two IP Partners Leave Howrey for Jones Day's Irvine Office
• Sarah Palin's Trademark Application Rejected for Missing Signature
• Unfinished Business: Microsoft GC Says It's Time for Lawyers to Do More
• Mandate for Growth
• Does the Bribery Act Make the U.K. the New Sheriff in Town?
• Why Corporate Counsel Should Lose Sleep Over the Federal Wiretap Act
• General Counsel J. Kevin Blodgett Is Out at Dynegy
• SEC Appoints a New General Counsel
• Darden Restaurants Names Teresa Mosley Sebastian General Counsel
• Drax Power Promotes New GC as It Looks to Expand External Roster
• Virgin Media Makes Internal Hire for New General Counsel
• GC's Smart-Aleck Response in '74 the 'Greatest Letter Ever Printed on NFL Team Letterhead'?
• Borders General Counsel Thomas Carney Resigns
• Who's Afraid of the Bribery Act?

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Cable Leaked by WikiLeaks Shows Details of BAE Saudi Arms Deal	Top
Just when British arms giant BAE Systems thought it escaped relatively unscathed from U.S. and U.K. bribery probes ... WikiLeaks pounces AGAIN!!! • FULL COVERAGE • ALSO SEE: Hackers Release 'Damning Trove' of E-Mails About Bank of America • WikiLeaks Lessons: Party of We — Already in Control • E-Mail: Hunton & Williams Expected 'Huge Gains'
Two Former General Counsel Named to Presidential Advisory Board	Top
Two former general counsel are among the ten executives that President Obama named to his Management Advisory Board, including (guess whoooooo???) — Pfizer's ousted ex-CEO Jeffrey Kindler.
Manhattan Federal Judge Kimba Wood Calls Record Companies' Request for $75 Trillion in Damages 'Absurd' in Lime Wire Copyright Case	Top
Willkie Farr, counsel to Lime Wire, urged the judge to reject the record companies' argument that they should be awarded damages for each instance of infringement. With thousands of users and millions of downloads, Lime Wire's liability could have been staggering. Instead, she held, damages should be limited to one award per work.
'Wayback' to the Collapse of Law Firms	Top
I must confess — I'm a bit of a website history nerd. Nothing thrills me more during personal or professional downtime than to peruse the excellent web archives site, Internet Archive Wayback Machine. So when news of the potential dissolution of Howrey hit, I began to take a closer look at the soon-to-be-defunct law firm's current website for clues on the impending end (March 15, 2011). What I found shouldn't really be a surprise ...
Software Maker Hit With $585,000 in Sanctions, Fees	Top
An attorney representing fraud victims of Scott Rothstein tells a bankruptcy judge that watching the 15-month litigation over a computer project management system used by the law firm chairman was like being stuck in the Bill Murray movie 'Groundhog Day,' where every 24 hours repeats itself.
Two IP Partners Leave Howrey for Jones Day's Irvine Office	Top
The recent string of partner defections from Howrey has hit one of the firm's Southern California offices with the announcement on Tuesday that intellectual property partners William Rooklidge and Frank Coté would be joining Jones Day's Irvine, Calif., office.
Sarah Palin's Trademark Application Rejected for Missing Signature	Top
May I offer you a pen, ma'am? Sarah Palin may just want to be famous: The former Alaska governor filed applications to trademark her and her daughter Bristol's names. But she forgot one key detail — TO SIGN THEM!!!!!!
Unfinished Business: Microsoft GC Says It's Time for Lawyers to Do More	Top
Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith says that a century and a half after the legal profession failed former slave Dred Scott, it needs to do more to represent all Americans.
Mandate for Growth	Top
The health care law creates new challenges for insurers — and even more work for their already-slammed in-house counsel. Here's an inside peek at how they're getting ready to tackle it.
Does the Bribery Act Make the U.K. the New Sheriff in Town?	Top
OK, GCs, just what you want: How to get out of it — welcome to Dodge City, old chap.
Why Corporate Counsel Should Lose Sleep Over the Federal Wiretap Act	Top
That's right, general counsel, be afraid, be VERY afraid to shut those peepers: e-mail snooping nightmares.
General Counsel J. Kevin Blodgett Is Out at Dynegy	Top
With his company potentially about to be acquired, Dynegy general counsel J. Kevin Blodgett agrees to leave his job at the struggling power generator, and one report even says he shrugged off a $3.6 million payout ... so what happened?
SEC Appoints a New General Counsel	Top
The Securities and Exchange Commission announces that Mark Cahn will be its next general counsel. Prior to joining the SEC in 2009, he was a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (he was also SEC GC from 2000 to 2002).
Darden Restaurants Names Teresa Mosley Sebastian General Counsel	Top
This general counsel job? Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaah, really should come with a lifetime supply of bread sticks! Teresa Mosley Sebastian has taken over as general counsel of Darden Restaurants — the operator behind such brands as Red Lobster and Olive Garden.
Drax Power Promotes New GC as It Looks to Expand External Roster	Top
Drax Power has promoted senior in-house counsel Kavita Singh to general counsel, with a remit to increase its roster of external law firms as the company expands internationally and to oversee the planned development of three biomass power stations with Siemens.
Virgin Media Makes Internal Hire for New General Counsel	Top
Virgin Media appoints Scott Dresser as its new general counsel, after longstanding GC Bryan Hall announced his retirement.
GC's Smart-Aleck Response in '74 the 'Greatest Letter Ever Printed on NFL Team Letterhead'?	Top
Everyone has an inner wise-guy impulse they'd like to unleash after receiving a letter of complaint from a fan. The ex-Cleveland Browns GC SURE did cut loose — and told CorpCounsel.com about the entire episode ...
Borders General Counsel Thomas Carney Resigns	Top
Borders Group may have a problem: With their general counsel resigning, executives seem to be moving faster than books at the financially strapped book chain.
Who's Afraid of the Bribery Act?	Top
Andrew Legg, a senior litigation partner in the London office of Mayer Brown, stopped by to answer questions about the new U.K. law that has been called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on steroids. While general counsel on both sides of the pond may be nervous, Legg calmly explained how the two laws differ, and what companies can do to protect themselves. See also: "Banding Against Bribery" by Sue Reisinger in the March issue of Corporate Counsel.

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