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Monday, November 28, 2011

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Firms Redoubling Their Efforts Towards Minority Associates Top
Despite a recessionary setback, firms are working to hire and promote more minority associates.
 
AIG General Counsel Thomas Russo is Back in the Game Top
From the ashes of Lehman Brothers, a general counsel stepped into another monumental challenge.
 
Going Beyond Stupid Pet Tricks with Vimeo's GC Top
The video site's general counsel talks about quality and user-generated content.
 
Patent Auction Draws Crowd, If Not Bids Top
Not all patent portfolios are selling for record-breaking prices these days.
 
Are Asian-American Lawyers Still Too Nerdy to Get to the Top? Top
At the recent National Asian Pacific American Bar Association event in Atlanta, one of the hot discussions at the convention was whether Asian-American lawyers are dweebs.
 
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.
 
Porno and Madison Avenue, Strange Bedfellows Top
The new .xxx. top level domain suggests curious relationships between seemingly unrelated industries, and highlights the notion that the Internet is fundamentally broken.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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Bonus Season: The Most Nerve-Wracking Time of the Year Top
Bonus! For most people, that's an interjection denoting pleased excitement -- but for lawyers, it's a way of life. For most lawyers, bonus season carries all the anticipation and much more anxiety than little Ralphie ever felt in "A Christmas Story."
 
Schnader Harrison Names First Chief Diversity Officer Top
Schnader Harrison has named longtime partner and current diversity committee chairman Albert S. Dandridge III to the new position of chief diversity officer. Dandridge said his concern is retaining minority attorneys, a goal that requires the involvement of all the firm's attorneys -- not just its minorities.
 
For Google GC, Job Just Gets Bigger Top
Google employs 600 people in its legal department. Once it swallows Motorola Mobility, that number will jump to 800, GC Kent Walker told an audience at Corporate Counsel's 9th Annual GC Conference West Coast. His team's challenges include navigating privacy rules that vary by country and dealing with a "broken" patent system.
 
Mallesons and King & Wood Partners to Vote on Tie-Up This Week Top
Partners at Australian firm Mallesons and Chinese giant King & Wood are set to vote on a potential tie-up this week, which, if approved, will see the firms combine under a Swiss verein structure in the first quarter of next year. The move comes as part of a wider strategic plan at Mallesons to tie up with both a U.S. and U.K. firm.
 
Pace Solo Incubator Will Assist Low-Income Clients Top
Pace Law School is the latest to announce plans to launch a solo incubator: a school-supported law firm geared toward helping recent graduates learn how to run their own practices. Between five and seven recent Pace grads will offer low-cost legal assistance while attending seminars on the business of running a law practice.
 
Wilmer Hires Kingsley Napley Heavyweight to Launch U.K. White-Collar Crime Practice Top
WilmerHale is set to launch a London investigations and criminal litigation practice with the hire of Kingsley Napley heavyweight Stephen Pollard. The move comes as corporate law firms look to build white-collar crime practices in Europe in response to more robust regulation enforcement and the implementation of the U.K. Bribery Act.
 
Lawyer Who Didn't Know He Was Fired Can Collect for Work Done on the Case Top
A lawyer who continued working on a personal injury case without knowing he had been replaced by substitute counsel is entitled to fees from the eventual settlement even though his labors did not contribute to his successor's ultimate settling of the case, a New Jersey state appeal court has ruled.
 
Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm? Top
After 15 years at a litigation boutique, I need to move on. Do I go in-house or move to another firm? And any networking advice?
 
Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm? Top
I am a lawyer currently working for a Big 4 accounting firm, and I'd like to transition to a law firm and practice tax law. Is it true this is a difficult move? Any advice on making the transition easier?
 

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Y! Alert: Corporate Counsel


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The latest from Corporate Counsel


Firms Redoubling Their Efforts Towards Minority Associates Top
Despite a recessionary setback, firms are working to hire and promote more minority associates.
 
AIG General Counsel Thomas Russo is Back in the Game Top
From the ashes of Lehman Brothers, a general counsel stepped into another monumental challenge.
 
Going Beyond Stupid Pet Tricks with Vimeo's GC Top
The video site's general counsel talks about quality and user-generated content.
 
Patent Auction Draws Crowd, If Not Bids Top
Not all patent portfolios are selling for record-breaking prices these days.
 
Are Asian-American Lawyers Still Too Nerdy to Get to the Top? Top
At the recent National Asian Pacific American Bar Association event in Atlanta, one of the hot discussions at the convention was whether Asian-American lawyers are dweebs.
 
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.
 
Porno and Madison Avenue, Strange Bedfellows Top
The new .xxx. top level domain suggests curious relationships between seemingly unrelated industries, and highlights the notion that the Internet is fundamentally broken.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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