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• Penn State Appoints Former FBI Director Freeh to Lead Investigation
• The South's Richest General Counsel: GC Salaries Stagnate in 2010
• Moves: J. Martin Willhite Starring as Legendary Entertainment's GC
• CorpCounsel Coverage of the Penn State Abuse Case
• War-Gaming the Chevron Battle to End All Battles
• Samsung Makes Apple Patent-Litigation Plans for 2012
• Google's Patent Counsel on the Ongoing Tech-Patent Wars
• Corporate Succession Issues Underlie Gaps in Executive Pay
• For GCs, a Little Talk Goes a Long Way in Risk Management
• From the Experts: Unpaid Internships' Swan Song?
• From the Experts: Providing Third-Party Information to the Government
• Moves: BBC Worldwide Casts Martyn Freeman for General Counsel Debut
• Moves: Patent Startup Article One Hires First General Counsel
• Moves: A People's Voice
• Moves: Jenner's Andrew Weissmann Tapped as New FBI GC
• Moves: Sharon Ryan Folded Into International Paper GC Spot
• Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint

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Penn State Appoints Former FBI Director Freeh to Lead Investigation	Top
The law firm of former FBI director and federal judge Louis Freeh has been hired by Penn State to investigate the university's governance, compliance, and controls, in relation to the reporting of sexual crimes.
The South's Richest General Counsel: GC Salaries Stagnate in 2010	Top
Average compensation packages for GCs in the southeastern U.S. total $1.15 million, but average base salaries are up less than 1 percent from 2009.
Moves: J. Martin Willhite Starring as Legendary Entertainment's GC	Top
There's no business like show business, and J. Martin Willhite is giving up behind-the-scenes work for a leading lawyer role for Legendary Entertainment.
CorpCounsel Coverage of the Penn State Abuse Case	Top
A roundup of articles delving into the many in-house legal angles of the Penn State football program sexual abuse case.
War-Gaming the Chevron Battle to End All Battles	Top
Two decades into the battle over Chevron's environmental legacy in Ecuador, the stage finally seems to be set for the final act. With Chevron facing an $18 billion Ecuadorian judgment over pollution in Lago Agrio and arbitrators mulling whether to roll the judgment back, it's time to predict how the play will end.
Samsung Makes Apple Patent-Litigation Plans for 2012	Top
With a month and a half left to go in 2011, it looks like Samsung Electronics Co. has already made big plans for 2012: kicking its patent-infringement litigation efforts against Apple into high gear.
Google's Patent Counsel on the Ongoing Tech-Patent Wars	Top
In a recent interview, Google patent counsel Tim Porter discusses the ongoing patent spats over its Android smartphone operating system, which has led to sparring between the web-search giant and such industry heavyweights as Apple and Microsoft.
Corporate Succession Issues Underlie Gaps in Executive Pay	Top
How big a risk does a business face when the CEO earns princely sums, especially if that pay package far outsizes those of other executives at the company?
For GCs, a Little Talk Goes a Long Way in Risk Management	Top
At a recent conference billed as a Litigation Summit, there was a lot of discussion about corporate risk and the role of the general counsel in managing that risk.
From the Experts: Unpaid Internships' Swan Song?	Top
Two men who worked as unpaid interns on the 2010 Oscar-nominated film Black Swan have sued the film's production company for allegedly violating the FLSA and the New York Labor Law.
From the Experts: Providing Third-Party Information to the Government	Top
Once taken for granted, the confidentiality of information provided by third parties to the government during the course of nonpublic antitrust investigations can no longer be presumed.
Moves: BBC Worldwide Casts Martyn Freeman for General Counsel Debut	Top
Martyn Freeman will take responsibility for legal and business affairs, and policy and regulatory matters at BBC Worldwide, the global commercial arm of the BBC.
Moves: Patent Startup Article One Hires First General Counsel	Top
Patent research company Article One Partners has opened an office in Palo Alto, Calif., and named its first general counsel, Monica Winghart, former head of IP litigation at Clorox.
Moves: A People's Voice	Top
Johnson Publishing Company, the largest African American?owned publishing firm in the United States, has appointed Kevin Ridley as its next general counsel.
Moves: Jenner's Andrew Weissmann Tapped as New FBI GC	Top
Andrew Weissmann, the former director of the federal government's Enron task force, has left his post as cochair of Jenner & Block's white-collar defense and investigations practice to become the Federal Bureau of Investigation's new general counsel.
Moves: Sharon Ryan Folded Into International Paper GC Spot	Top
Memphis-based International Paper Company has appointed longtime in-house lawyer Sharon Ryan to its general counsel post.
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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