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In-House Counsel

Aug. 12, 2010

Creating a More Ethical Culture

KLA-Tencor : Brian M. Martin

Many lawyers go in-house to avoid the rigors of law firm life. Not Brian M. Martin. The senior vice president and general counsel of Silicon Valley's KLA-Tencor is making in-house work more like a law firm job.

Martin, 49, came to KLA-Tencor three years ago while the company was caught up in the stock option backdating scandal that rocked Silicon Valley. He saw the lack of an ethics expert or guidelines for in-house attorneys as problems that needed t...

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