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• Apple and 5 Publishers Named in E-book Pricing Class Action
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Class of 2011: Recreational Hacking
• Talking About Alternative Fee Arrangements for Outside Counsel
• Akin Gump Gives Details of its Lobbying for Google
• Stock Market Plunge Casts Shadow on IPO Pipeline
• Politicians and Pundits Make Some Noise About Patent Reform
• Got Your Stump Speech, Your Smile, Your . . . IP Lawyer?
• The U.S. Credit-Rating Downgrade Will Keep In-House Lawyers Busy
• A Second Act for New ACC President Veta Richardson
• From the Experts: Brave New (Post-Mensing) World
• From the Experts: Corporate Compliance Twenty Years Later
• Moves: Kristin Campbell Makes Herself at Home at Hilton Worldwide
• Drinker Biddle's Gregg Melinson Going In-House at HP
• Andrew Kline Joins Go Daddy as Deputy General Counsel for Global Policy
• New ACC GC James A. Merklinger Touts the Value of Association
• Ex-Rendell GC Named Top Lawyer of Philadelphia Housing Agency
• Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint

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Apple and 5 Publishers Named in E-book Pricing Class Action	Top
Seattle law firm Hagens Berman has filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claiming that Apple and several publishers illegally conspired to fix e-book prices.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Class of 2011: Recreational Hacking	Top
The second in a series of columns exploring the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, circa 2011: The cloud; data security in the new world of recreational hacking; IP v.6; and the new rules for gTLDs, a quartet that keeps in-house lawyers awake at night.
Talking About Alternative Fee Arrangements for Outside Counsel	Top
On the audio and video podcast series The Robert Half Legal Report, Optima Industrial Management GC Robert Powell talks with Charles Volkert about the changing ways that corporate legal departments employ and compensate outside counsel.
Akin Gump Gives Details of its Lobbying for Google	Top
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld on has officially notified Congress it is advocating on behalf of Google Inc., becoming the 13th firm since May to list the Internet giant as a new client in a lobbying registration report.
Stock Market Plunge Casts Shadow on IPO Pipeline	Top
Is the latest IPO window going to slam shut? This week's initial stock market plunge, on top of declines and high volatility last week, is making people nervous.
Politicians and Pundits Make Some Noise About Patent Reform	Top
The President, CEOs, inventors, and others are calling for fundamental changes to the U.S. patent system. As more voices enter the fray over patent reform, many are asking what reform would look like and what it would actually accomplish.
Got Your Stump Speech, Your Smile, Your . . . IP Lawyer?	Top
Should former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin have saved a seat on her bus for an intellectual property lawyer? You betcha!
The U.S. Credit-Rating Downgrade Will Keep In-House Lawyers Busy	Top
Following Standard & Poor's removal of the AAA credit rating the United States has held for 70 years, CorpCounsel asked Cornelius Hurley, director of Boston University's Center for Finance, Law & Policy, to tell us what it all means.
A Second Act for New ACC President Veta Richardson	Top
Veta Richardson, the new president and CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel, discusses her long history with the organization and what she sees in store for in-house counsel around the world.
From the Experts: Brave New (Post-Mensing) World	Top
An examination of the potential legal risks brand-name manufacturers face and some concrete suggestions for proactively mitigating these risks, both now and in the future.
From the Experts: Corporate Compliance Twenty Years Later	Top
A former U.S. Deputy Attorney General and author of the McNulty Memo, Paul McNulty revisits the corporate compliance guidelines released by the U.S. Sentencing Commission in 1991.
Moves: Kristin Campbell Makes Herself at Home at Hilton Worldwide	Top
Recently, Hilton Worldwide has moved its HQ from Beverly Hills to the suburbs of Washington, D.C.; grown exponentially in emerging markets like Saudi Arabia and China; and hired a new general counsel, Kristin Campbell.
Drinker Biddle's Gregg Melinson Going In-House at HP	Top
Drinker Biddle & Reath partner Gregg Melinson talks about his cross-country move from Pennsylvania to California, to serve as Hewlett Packard's deputy general counsel and vice president of global government affairs.
Andrew Kline Joins Go Daddy as Deputy General Counsel for Global Policy	Top
Powerhouse domain registrar Go Daddy has brought former White House lawyer Andrew Kline into the private sector as its first-ever deputy GC for global policy, a sign of the company's growing presence on Capitol Hill.
New ACC GC James A. Merklinger Touts the Value of Association	Top
As the new general counsel for the Association of Corporate Counsel, James A. Merklinger will continue to extol the benefits of membership, albeit from a higher perch at the world's largest organization for in-house counsel.
Ex-Rendell GC Named Top Lawyer of Philadelphia Housing Agency	Top
The embattled Philadelphia Housing Authority has named Barbara Adams, an attorney with an extensive background in affordable housing projects and former Gov. Edward G. Rendell's GC, as its incoming general counsel.
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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