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• Reasonable Minds Can Disagree: SEC, Justice Part Ways on Rockwell Payments
• No Advice, Please: Minnesota University GC Embroiled in Research Dispute
• RELIANCE ON COUNSEL: Earning a Seat At the Table, Part III
• Hey, It's 2011: ACC Throws Its Support to Updated Rules on In-House Counsel
• Is UPS Diverse Enough? MCAA Names Department an "Employer of Choice"
• Next Stop for TiVo-EchoStar Battle: Supreme Court?
• Bratz Attorney Portrayed Mattel as "Corporate Mega-Monster"
• Labor Pains
• Interview: Is There a Doctor in the House?
• Hollywood's Double Take on Social Media
• Facebook's Impact on Compliance Codes
• Playboy Picks Up Top Lawyer From Penthouse, While Penthouse Puts Its Stuff On the Market
• General Counsel Profile: Adam Tachner
• JPMorgan Chase Names Matthew Biben General Counsel/Home Lending, Senior Legal Adviser
• Lawyer Loses License For Advising Clients to Break Into Foreclosed Homes
• ACC Taps Veta Richardson as New President, CEO
• You Need to Network with Everybody

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Reasonable Minds Can Disagree: SEC, Justice Part Ways on Rockwell Payments	Top
The Justice Department and the SEC are normally in synch when it comes to bribery cases. If one brings charges, usually, so will the other. But not in this case. Why?
No Advice, Please: Minnesota University GC Embroiled in Research Dispute	Top
The University of Minnesota's GC catches flak for advice he gave to the school's regents concerning a student's suicide.
RELIANCE ON COUNSEL: Earning a Seat At the Table, Part III	Top
The third in a series of posts on how lawyers, inside and outside, can best build credibility with their clients. Today's word is "intellect,"-- lawyers have one, and shouldn't be afraid to show it.
Hey, It's 2011: ACC Throws Its Support to Updated Rules on In-House Counsel	Top
After 33 general counsel of major U.S. law firms proposed revolutionary changes in how the bar regulates corporate lawyers, ACC's GC says she generally supports the changes.
Is UPS Diverse Enough? MCAA Names Department an "Employer of Choice"	Top
The legal department garners the minority bar group's honor for the southeast region; one in six lawyers there are minority.
Next Stop for TiVo-EchoStar Battle: Supreme Court?	Top
How important to Tivo is the outcome of its epic patent infringement battle with EchoStar Communications? Last May, when the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit granted EchoStar's request for an en banc hearing, Tivo's stock dropped nearly 42 percent. On Wednesday, the en banc panel issued its decision and Tivo's stock closed 30 percent higher.
Bratz Attorney Portrayed Mattel as "Corporate Mega-Monster"	Top
A federal jury on April 21 ordered Mattel Inc. to pay $88.4 million in damages to MGA Entertainment Inc. in a dispute against Mattel Inc. over ownership of the Bratz line of dolls. The first time the case hit a courtroom.
Labor Pains	Top
There is a perfect storm of workplace litigation swirling around general counsel. Employees are suing like never before. Worrying that employment litigation will devour the lion's share of corporate legal resources, companies are pinning their hopes on the high court.
Interview: Is There a Doctor in the House?	Top
When Gloria Santona, top lawyer at McDonald's Corporation, was in college, she wanted to become a doctor, but things didn't quite fall into place as she'd planned. After 33 years with McDonald's, she's still lovin' it.
Hollywood's Double Take on Social Media	Top
What should you know if you?re hiring a celebrity endorser, especially one that might decide to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, You Tube, etc. to tweet, post, or upload offensive comments and materials?
Facebook's Impact on Compliance Codes	Top
Social media policies, believe it or not, are still a new phenomenon. And most companies have not yet integrated them into their overall compliance codes.
Playboy Picks Up Top Lawyer From Penthouse, While Penthouse Puts Its Stuff On the Market	Top
Owners of adult publications Playboy and Penthouse were busy on the legal front, as the former hired a new general counsel and the latter announced plans to move forward with an initial public offering.
General Counsel Profile: Adam Tachner	Top
Atheros Communications' GC has been in wireless since before wireless was cool.
JPMorgan Chase Names Matthew Biben General Counsel/Home Lending, Senior Legal Adviser	Top
That's right, you can bank on this move! Matthew Biben will join JPMorgan Chase on March 14 as general counsel of home lending and senior legal adviser for the firm.
Lawyer Loses License For Advising Clients to Break Into Foreclosed Homes	Top
The State Bar of California has removed the law license of Michael T. Pines, a lawyer who garnered substantial media coverage for advising clients to break into their foreclosed homes.
ACC Taps Veta Richardson as New President, CEO	Top
EXCLUSIVE: Veta Richardson tells CorpCounsel.com it's time 'to take things to the next level' as the Association of Corporate Counsel announces that it's hired the current head of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association to succeed outgoing president Fred Krebs.
You Need to Network with Everybody	Top
Don Liu has worked hard to increase the number of Asian Pacific American general counsel in the Fortune 500 companies. It?s important, he says, for Asian American lawyers to polish their social skills.

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