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• Is Your Company Ready to Deal With a Search Warrant?
• Best Legal Department 2011 Winner: Google
• Best Legal Department 2011 Finalist: UPS
• Best Legal Department 2011 Finalist: Wellpoint
• From GC to CEO at the WBA
• Goldman Sachs Spent $292 Million on In-house Legal in 2010
• Next Stop for TiVo-EchoStar Battle: Supreme Court?
• Bratz Attorney Portrayed Mattel as "Corporate Mega-Monster"
• China Market Report: Shifting into Higher Gear
• The Social Network
• Do Not Track Me
• India's New Privacy Regulations
• Playboy Picks Up Top Lawyer From Penthouse, While Penthouse Puts Its Stuff On the Market
• Moves: Alan Tse to Churchill Downs Incorporated
• Moves: Walter Compton and John Moore at Murphy Oil Corp
• Moves: Carolyne Matara, GC for GE Sub-Saharan Region
• General Counsel Profile: Adam Tachner
• You Need to Network with Everybody

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Is Your Company Ready to Deal With a Search Warrant?	Top
From the Sidebar blogger Hayes Hunt (of Cozen O'Connor) offers a useful guide to being ready for the unwelcome arrival of an official warrant: "Search Warrant Protocol - What Every Company Should Do To Prepare."
Best Legal Department 2011 Winner: Google	Top
Google attracts lots of attention for its style. But Corporate Counsel named Google its 2011 Best Legal Department not for the sizzle but for the substance of its achievements.
Best Legal Department 2011 Finalist: UPS	Top
Two factors seem to underlie the workings of the UPS legal department: its lean legal staff, and its company culture rich in tradition and what some might call old-fashioned values.
Best Legal Department 2011 Finalist: Wellpoint	Top
WellPoint's law department has proven itself to be remarkably adaptable during one of the most challenging periods ever for its industry. "There's no better time to be a health care lawyer," says general counsel John Cannon.
From GC to CEO at the WBA	Top
The Wisconsin Bankers Association this week promoted senior vice president and counsel Rose Oswald Poels to be its new CEO, effective June 1.
Goldman Sachs Spent $292 Million on In-house Legal in 2010	Top
Investment bank Goldman Sachs paid out over $700 million to attorneys in the 2010 aftermath of the Wall Street crisis, including $292 million on its in-house legal department in 2010, in addition to $434 million on outside lawyers.
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.
China Market Report: Shifting into Higher Gear	Top
Chinese state-owned automaker BAIC and its general counsel hope that its quest for whole-car technology will help it zoom past its local rivals.
The Social Network	Top
An Asian bar group is helping its members polish their people skills--and land more in-house jobs.
Do Not Track Me	Top
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon IP lawyer Dominique R. Shelton and litigator Clinton J. McCord look at recent developments in regulation of advertisers' online user tracking.
India's New Privacy Regulations	Top
New rules dealing with protection of personal information have radically transformed the IT landscape in India.
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.
Moves: Alan Tse to Churchill Downs Incorporated	Top
Racing, gaming, and entertainment company Churchill Downs Incorporated has tapped Alan Tse to be its new general counsel and executive vice president.
Moves: Walter Compton and John Moore at Murphy Oil Corp	Top
Oil and gas refiner Murphy Oil Corporation upgraded two long-time employees: Walter Compton became senior vice president and GC, and John Moore ascended to manager of the law department and corporate secretary.
Moves: Carolyne Matara, GC for GE Sub-Saharan Region	Top
General Motors Company has appointed Kenyan native Carolyne Matara general counsel of the Sub-Saharan region. As former general manager of legal, public policy, and risk management at GM's Nairobi HQ, she was a natural choice.
General Counsel Profile: Adam Tachner	Top
Atheros Communications' GC has been in wireless since before wireless was cool.
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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