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• Looking Back Ten Years After 9/11 with Joe Whitley, the First Department of Homeland Security GC
• Congressional Supercommittee Picks Michael Bloomquist for GC Role
• Houston Business Journal Hands Out 2011 Best Corporate Counsel Awards
• The Big Federal Gamble
• Armed with Dukes Ruling, Reed Smith Slays Class in Discrimination Case Against Wells Fargo
• Judge Calls His Own Expert at Oracle/Google Patent Trial
• Trademark Holders Face an Explicit Problem With .XXX Web Domain
• Cigna's GC Talks About the Law Department's Role in Health Care Reform
• Back to School With Ivy Tech's Corporate College Initiative
• From the Experts: To Appeal or Not to Appeal, That is the Question
• Making Your Privacy Policy Comprehensive and Comprehensible
• Moves: Nicholas Eldred Goes from BBC GC to Christie's Counsel
• 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
• Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint

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Looking Back Ten Years After 9/11 with Joe Whitley, the First Department of Homeland Security GC	Top
When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security came into being after 9/11, Joe Whitley was hired as the first general counsel. A decade later, Whitley looks back at the early days of building the DHS Office of General Counsel.
Congressional Supercommittee Picks Michael Bloomquist for GC Role	Top
The so-called Congressional "supercommittee" is beginning its work on drafting plans for reducing the U.S. debt, and one of the first pieces of business was naming Michael Bloomquist as its general counsel.
Houston Business Journal Hands Out 2011 Best Corporate Counsel Awards	Top
This week, the Houston Business Journal held an event to name the winners of its 2011 Best Corporate Counsel awards. Ten winners were announced in eight categories, drawing from a list of 25 finalists.
The Big Federal Gamble	Top
In its upcoming term, Congress will be weighing a variety of gambling-related measures, including some that would spur that growth and others that might slow it down. Commercial and Indian casinos and state ­lotteries now collectively rake in about $100 billion in profits annually.
Armed with Dukes Ruling, Reed Smith Slays Class in Discrimination Case Against Wells Fargo	Top
The U.S. Supreme Court's June ruling in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes might not have turned out to be the class action silver bullet that some had anticipated, but that's little consolation to class action plaintiffs lawyers who brought claims against Wells Fargo over allegedly discriminatory subprime lending. On Tuesday San Francisco federal district court judge Maxine Chesney rejected the plaintiffs' motion for class certification, ruling that the proposed class of more than 1 million black and Hispanic homeowners didn't survive the certification standard for commonality set out by the Supreme Court.
Judge Calls His Own Expert at Oracle/Google Patent Trial	Top
U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup has appointed an expert to testify on damages in Oracle America Inc.'s closely watched suit against Google Inc., which claims the Android mobile operating system violates Java-related patents and copyrights that Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems Inc.
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?"
Cigna's GC Talks About the Law Department's Role in Health Care Reform	Top
At least one sector of the U.S. economy is showing strong vital signs: the health care industry. Nearly 25 percent of jobs created in the last year have been health care positions, which is good news for Nicole Jones, Cigna's new GC.
Back to School With Ivy Tech's Corporate College Initiative	Top
As vice president and general counsel of Indiana's Ivy Tech Community College, Susan Brooks has been a key player in the Corporate College initiative, which trains students according to the needs of local employers.
From the Experts: To Appeal or Not to Appeal, That is the Question	Top
When handed an adverse patent application decision, the cost, time, and likelihood of success become the basic considerations for deciding whether to appeal the examiner's decision. Given there are already 20,000 undecided appeals hanging in limbo with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the decision to appeal must be made strategically.
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.
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.
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.
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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