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• What Are Penn State's Next Steps in an Institutional Crisis?
• SEC Reports Record Year for Fraud Enforcements, Expects More in 2012
• MF Global General Counsel Advocated for Crucial Regulatory Change
• DOJ's Lanny Breuer Addresses White-Collar Sentencing Disparities
• Startup Analyzes Corporate Legal Department Spending
• Samsung Makes Apple Patent-Litigation Plans for 2012
• Google's Patent Counsel on the Ongoing Tech-Patent Wars
• Penn State Abuse Case Highlights Changes in Media, Legal Attitudes
• Cost is Just One of Many Factors in Evaluating Outside Counsel
• 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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What Are Penn State's Next Steps in an Institutional Crisis?	Top
When an institution like Penn Sate is facing a major scandal, how it acts to redress wrongdoing is crucial to both its legal and public standing.
SEC Reports Record Year for Fraud Enforcements, Expects More in 2012	Top
The Securities and Exchange Commission last week reported a record number of enforcement actions for the 2011 fiscal year, its subsequent Whistleblower Program report suggests that record is sure to be broken next year.
MF Global General Counsel Advocated for Crucial Regulatory Change	Top
Did the general counsel for MF Global Holdings Ltd. play an important part in the firm's demise? Veteran in-house attorney Laurie Ferber, who has been MF Global's GC since 2009, had a key role advocating for changes to an obscure piece of regulation.
DOJ's Lanny Breuer Addresses White-Collar Sentencing Disparities	Top
A top U.S. Justice Department lawyer addressed what he described as serious challenges facing sentencing and corrections policy, including the growing disparity in prison terms for white-collar offenders.
Startup Analyzes Corporate Legal Department Spending	Top
Technology startup Sky Analytics opened its spending benchmarking service for corporate legal departments this week, with a focus on simplicity.
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.
Penn State Abuse Case Highlights Changes in Media, Legal Attitudes	Top
As the Penn State sexual assault scandal continues to unfold, the story takes place against a media and legal backdrop that has evolved considerably in light of previous sex abuse cases.
Cost is Just One of Many Factors in Evaluating Outside Counsel	Top
The third in a three-part series of articles based on ALM's 2011 Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey and Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey.
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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