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• Starbucks General Counsel Retires, Joins Obama 2012 Campaign
• In-House Compliance Requires Company-Wide Efforts
• From the Experts: A Lasting Peace in Mass Torts
• Are Happy Times Here Again for IPOs?
• OPINION: A Modest Proposal to Reform the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• The 2011 Patent Litigation Survey
• Intellectual Property: Trademarking Colors a Tricky Business, But It Can Be Done
• How Technology is Making Corporate Lawyers More Powerful
• 2011 Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey
• 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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Starbucks General Counsel Retires, Joins Obama 2012 Campaign	Top
Paula Boggs, GC for coffee giant Starbucks, announced that she is retiring this spring in order to join President Obama's 2012 re-election team as a community advocate.
In-House Compliance Requires Company-Wide Efforts	Top
A company's compliance program needs to be integral to the business, not an isolated component, with effective reporting systems and incentives for employees to get on board.
From the Experts: A Lasting Peace in Mass Torts	Top
Mass tort claims can present a tremendous financial and legal burden on a company. In-house counsel recommending settlement of a mass tort to company management, often at significant cost, must be confident that the settlement will buy a lasting and comprehensive peace.
Are Happy Times Here Again for IPOs?	Top
After seeing a spike in activity earlier this year, the market for initial public offerings had quieted down by late summer amid uncertainty about the broader global economy. Now, a flurry of year-end IPOs are coming to market in Asia and the United States, and corporate lawyers are reaping the benefits.
OPINION: A Modest Proposal to Reform the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	Top
A good way would be to create an absolute defense to prosecution when a company self-reports a violation.
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.
Intellectual Property: Trademarking Colors a Tricky Business, But It Can Be Done	Top
Since we do not live in a black-and-white world, color has always been a part of branding and advertising. And for some products and services, color is the primary focus of branding efforts.
How Technology is Making Corporate Lawyers More Powerful	Top
In 'Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change,' Jeffrey Rosen looks at how technological developments are driving legal battles to come, and making in-house counsel more powerful than the Supreme Court.
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.
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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