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January 28, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Uuuhhh, Look, We Messed Up Here: When It's Time for GCs to Just 'Fess Up

As regulators go wild, in-house counsel often grapple with the tough question of if or when they must self-report an issue to the government. A five-point plan for knowing what to disclose — and when.

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March 12, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

ICANN Domain Expansion Means More Work to Protect Brands Online

The Internet's address system is about to undergo its largest expansion since its creation—a change that will force companies to do more work and spend more money to protect their brands.

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March 31, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

We GOT You to the Tune of ... Zero: Judge OKs Zero-Dollar Settlement

A class action suit over the merger of drug giants Merck and Schering-Plough has ended in a settlement that pays nothing to the class but $3.5 million in fees to class counsel.

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November 22, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Porno and Madison Avenue, Strange Bedfellows

No doubt we're all concerned about adult content on the Internet. It's rampant, and much of it is either illegal or very dangerous to youth. Yet it's a multi-billion dollar worldwide industry that skyrocketed in distribution and growth once the Internet became its playground.

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March 01, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Former Prosecutor Places Her Bets on Gaming Industry

When Donna More became chief legal counsel of the newly formed Illinois Gaming Board in 1990, she'd never been in a casino before, but quickly found the position "as creative as you can get as a lawyer, drafting the framework for the operation of a new industry." Today, she's GC of Columbia Entertainment, the gambling affiliate of Columbia Sussex Corp., slated to operate 13 casinos in the United States. It's a complex job, involving multibillion-dollar acquisitions and compliance with gambling regulations.

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February 26, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Navigating the Tricky Issue of Corruption in China

In "Are you Exposed? Global Bribery and Corruption: 2012 Lessons and 2013 Predictions," Hogan Lovells calls corruption in China "a huge problem."

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March 29, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Yar, Matey ... Thar Be 'Uncharted' Waters Ahead for Health Care Reform

Federal courts will encounter 'uncharted' legal territory in lawsuits challenging the new, landmark health care law, say some experts, but the strategies for opposing and defending the law were mapped out months, if not years ago.

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April 01, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

Warning Shot

N many of the high-profile corporate scandals of recent years-including Enron Corp. and WorldCom, Inc.-company directors have been the target of public criticism and shareholder litigation. However, board members have escaped direct fire from the Securities and Exchange Commission when it came to enforcement actions. But that may be changing.

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