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• AT&T/T-Mobile Merger News and Opinion Roundup
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Class of 2011: IPv6
• Moves: Nicholas Eldred Goes from BBC GC to Christie's Counsel
• Patent Reform: One Giant Step Backwards?
• EEOC Showing Late Summer Spike in Discrimination Suits
• Ruling Leaves Silicon Valley Lawyers Wondering Whether 'Practicality' Means 'Patentable'
• Trademark Holders Face an Explicit Problem With .XXX Web Domain
• Examining the Evolving 'Power' of Today's General Counsel
• Rethinking Campus Harassment
• Making Your Privacy Policy Comprehensive and Comprehensible
• From the Experts: Register Before You Leap
• Wal-Mart Associate GC Joseph West Moving on to Lead MCCA
• Q&A: Incoming Recording Industry Chief Sherman Targets Piracy
• 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
• Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint

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AT&T/T-Mobile Merger News and Opinion Roundup	Top
To help put together the pieces and assess the implications of this week's major (and perhaps terminal) hurdle for "AT&T-Mobile," CorpCounsel.com has collected articles about this big story from around the web.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Class of 2011: IPv6	Top
The third 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; IPv6; and the new rules for gTLDs, a quartet that keeps in-house lawyers awake at night.
Moves: Nicholas Eldred Goes from BBC GC to Christie's Counsel	Top
Stepping from the telly to the auction block, Nicholas Eldred is departing his general counsel post at the British Broadcasting Corporation to become group general counsel at Christie's, the international auctioneer.
Patent Reform: One Giant Step Backwards?	Top
Does the pending America Invents Act (aka, the patent reform bill) fix the problems with U.S. patent law, or will it have the effect of disincentivizing inventors and companies from using the patent system in the first place?
EEOC Showing Late Summer Spike in Discrimination Suits	Top
There's no such thing as dog days of summer at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In the final 10 days of August, the agency burst into action, filing 15 discrimination suits targeting major companies, including Ford Motor Co., Kohl's Department Stores, air transporter SITA Information Networking Computing USA, Inc., as well as the government of American Samoa.
Ruling Leaves Silicon Valley Lawyers Wondering Whether 'Practicality' Means 'Patentable'	Top
The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in CyberSource v. Retail Decisions leaves room for debate about what kinds of business methods can be patented, thanks to one word: practicality.
Trademark Holders Face an Explicit Problem With .XXX Web Domain	Top
As ICANN's expansion of top-level internet domains goes into effect, the keepers of corporate trademarks are going to need to have an unusual conversation in the next few weeks: "What should we do about the .xxx domain?"
Examining the Evolving 'Power' of Today's General Counsel	Top
A new study by University of Oxford Saïd Business School professor Mari Sako probes the disruptive forces at play in a business environment that is changing the power profile of GCs in an array of industries.
Rethinking Campus Harassment	Top
As the new academic year begins at Rutgers University, some things about dorm living for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. It's not only because of Tyler Clementi, but his death certainly played a role.
Making Your Privacy Policy Comprehensive and Comprehensible	Top
Most businesses collect and use personal information every day, and make privacy promises while doing so. Unfortunately, the FTC has found that most corporate privacy policies are "incomprehensible," and that "consumers typically do not read, let alone understand" these privacy disclosures.
From the Experts: Register Before You Leap	Top
Many companies and their in-house counsel comment on China's inability and unwillingness to protect foreign companies' trademark rights. In most cases, companies fail to ask the most important and basic question: Do they really have a trademark in China?
Wal-Mart Associate GC Joseph West Moving on to Lead MCCA	Top
Joseph West, associate general counsel for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is leaving his post to become president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, effective September 12.
Q&A: Incoming Recording Industry Chief Sherman Targets Piracy	Top
In September, the Recording Industry Association of America gets a new leader, Cary Sherman, who has been the group's president for the past 10 years after serving a previous stint as its general counsel.
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.
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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