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• Starting Gun Sounds at SEC Whistleblower Office
• When Law Departments are on the Business End of Labor Strikes
• Q&A: Incoming Recording Industry Chief Sherman Targets Piracy
• New Lawyers are Looking In-House for Elusive First Jobs
• Comcast Hiring Lobbyists, Backing IP Bill
• 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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Starting Gun Sounds at SEC Whistleblower Office	Top
As mandated by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law, the Securities and Exchange Commission has officially opened the doors of its new Office of the Whistleblower, a central clearinghouse for tipsters to report corporate fraud.
When Law Departments are on the Business End of Labor Strikes	Top
What should a company's law department do in a strike situation similar to Verizon's? CorpCounsel.com spoke with labor-negotiation expert W. Terrence Kilroy to discuss what in-house counsel should keep in mind when confronted with striking workers.
Q&A: Incoming Recording Industry Chief Sherman Targets Piracy	Top
In September, the Recording Industry Association of America gets a new leader, with Mitch Bainwol stepping down after eight years as CEO to make way for Cary Sherman, who has been the group's president for the past 10 years after serving a previous stint as its general counsel.
New Lawyers are Looking In-House for Elusive First Jobs	Top
Throughout the summer of 2011, one of the big stories in law employment has been the general lack thereof. If law firms aren't hiring, where does a freshly minted lawyer go to get a foot in the door? According to the Wall Street Journal, legal departments are now "hiring directly from law-school campuses."
Comcast Hiring Lobbyists, Backing IP Bill	Top
With the completion of the Comcast-NBC Universal merger in January, Washington, D.C., lobbyists are part of a growing cadre representing the media giant on intellectual property matters.
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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