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• 'Say on Pay' Compensation Reform Working Better Than Expected
• Law Firm Survey Shows Efforts to Attract Corporate Law Departments
• NLRB Resolution Changes Dynamics of Union Elections
• In-House Liability Issues for Data Breaches
• Privacy Case Focuses Justices on the Meaning of 'Actual Damages'
• The 2011 Patent Litigation Survey
• Patent Auction Draws Crowd, If Not Bids
• 2011 Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey
• What are the Long-Term Consequences of the Eurozone Debt Crisis?
• From the Experts: Information Governance and Its Impact on Litigation
• From the Experts: Unpaid Internships' Swan Song?
• From Giant Google to Smaller In-house at The Square
• Marin Software Hires First GC, Rashmi Garde
• Moves: J. Martin Willhite Starring as Legendary Entertainment's GC
• Moves: BBC Worldwide Casts Martyn Freeman for General Counsel Debut
• Moves: Patent Startup Article One Hires First General Counsel
• Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint

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'Say on Pay' Compensation Reform Working Better Than Expected	Top
This year marked the first time that shareholders wielded a stamp of approval on executive compensation. But one of the big surprises of 2011 may be just how well corporate America fared in this first test of the new "Say on Pay" system.
Law Firm Survey Shows Efforts to Attract Corporate Law Departments	Top
The American Lawyer's latest edition of its Law Firm Leaders Survey includes many results of interest to in-house law departments, and the outside law firms hoping to be hired by those departments.
NLRB Resolution Changes Dynamics of Union Elections	Top
The National Labor Relations Board moved a step closer to streamlining the union organizing elections process. The board passed a resolution that would prohibit employers from stalling union election votes with pre-election appeals.
In-House Liability Issues for Data Breaches	Top
Corporate counsel need to carefully monitor emerging liability case law for data breaches.
Privacy Case Focuses Justices on the Meaning of 'Actual Damages'	Top
In a case watched closely by privacy and whistleblower advocates, lawyers for an HIV-positive pilot and the federal government clashed in the U.S. Supreme Court over whether damages for mental and emotional distress can be recovered for violations of the Privacy Act.
The 2011 Patent Litigation Survey	Top
Judges and lawmakers are working to deter patent suits, but you wouldn't know it from the results of the 2011 edition of our annual Patent Litigation Survey.
Patent Auction Draws Crowd, If Not Bids	Top
Not all patent portfolios are selling for record-breaking prices these days.
2011 Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey	Top
CorpCounsel's look at law department spending, staffing, salaries, and more, based on survey responses from more than 200 in-house counsel.
What are the Long-Term Consequences of the Eurozone Debt Crisis?	Top
Europe's sovereign debt crisis has prompted dire warnings this week from influential think-tanks, credit ratings agencies, and government officials who are saying that the European Union has just a few days to come up with a crisis response.
From the Experts: Information Governance and Its Impact on Litigation	Top
While word processing, social media, and email have made it easier to create information, it remains important to effectively govern that information in order to minimize risk while maintaining the information's value to the organization.
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 Giant Google to Smaller In-house at The Square	Top
The Square Inc. general counsel likes the flexibility of a small legal department.
Marin Software Hires First GC, Rashmi Garde	Top
Marin Software, maker of an online advertising management platform, has hired Rashmi Garde as its first general counsel.
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.
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.
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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