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• Arbitration Scorecard 2011: Mapping the Biggest Cases You Never Heard Of
• Aid to Somalia Fraught with Legal Uncertainty and Bureaucratic Tangles
• The FTC Wants to Make Sure Google Isn't Being Evil
• 7th Circuit Says it's Still Racial Bias Even if Not All in Protected Class are Targeted
• Exxon Wants Rehearing In Corporate Liability Dispute
• 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
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Class of 2011: Recreational Hacking
• 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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Arbitration Scorecard 2011: Mapping the Biggest Cases You Never Heard Of	Top
Where are the hottest spots in the secret world of international arbitration? See our interactive map of the 261 contract and treaty cases from The American Lawyer's 2011 Arbitration Scorecard.
Aid to Somalia Fraught with Legal Uncertainty and Bureaucratic Tangles	Top
As U.S. groups attempt to send aid to famine-struck Somalia, mixed signals from the government about the risks of working with designated terrorist group al-Shabab are making it legally risky to help the 3.7 million people who are in need of assistance.
The FTC Wants to Make Sure Google Isn't Being Evil	Top
When Google coined its "Don't Be Evil" motto in 2004, the phrase seemed like a sly jab at the then-emperor of all things computer-related, Microsoft. Now, with the Federal Trade Commission nipping at Google's heels and state officials raining subpoenas on its lawyers, the current Kings of Computing are getting a chance to feel Microsoft's late-90s pain.
7th Circuit Says it's Still Racial Bias Even if Not All in Protected Class are Targeted	Top
Discrimination against some Hispanic employees violates federal anti-discrimination laws even if the company doesn't discriminate against others, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has ruled.
Exxon Wants Rehearing In Corporate Liability Dispute	Top
Lawyers for Exxon Mobil Corp. have asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reject a panel decision that exposed the oil giant to corporate liability for alleged atrocities in Indonesia.
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.
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.
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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