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• As Lateral Losses Mount, McDermott Leaders Focus on Growth
• The Careerist: Dominatrix Lawyer Brings Out the Big Whip
• Quinn Emanuel Taps Dechert Pair to Launch Russian Office
• Jones Day, Fried Frank Handle $1.5 Billion Telecom Deal
• A Big Week for Munger Tolles's Los Angeles Litigators
• Pillsbury to Move Back-Office Workers to Nashville
• The Careerist: Opting Out and Opting In--Cleary Style
• The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
• Meet The Lawyers Keeping an Eye on Occupy Wall Street
• The Global Lawyer: The Corporate Criminal Plea Sails Overseas

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As Lateral Losses Mount, McDermott Leaders Focus on Growth	Top
Though at least 38 partners—including several practice group leaders—have left McDermott Will & Emery this year, the firm's cochairs are downplaying the defections and highlighting instead what they insist are efforts to expand in key areas.
The Careerist: Dominatrix Lawyer Brings Out the Big Whip	Top
The New York attorney general punished one of its star prosecutors for her extracurricular activities. But Alisha Smith is not going away quietly.
Quinn Emanuel Taps Dechert Pair to Launch Russian Office	Top
Less than two months after announcing plans to open a new office in Washington, D.C., the litigation-centric firm is on the move to Moscow.
Jones Day, Fried Frank Handle $1.5 Billion Telecom Deal	Top
Alcatel-Lucent announced Wednesday that it has received a $1.5 billion binding offer for its call-center software company from a unit of European private equity firm Permira Advisers.
A Big Week for Munger Tolles's Los Angeles Litigators	Top
The Justice Department's antitrust division has hired Glenn Pomerantz, a litigation partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles, to work with the government team seeking to block AT&T's $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Word of the hiring came a day after President Obama tapped another Los Angeles–based Munger Tolles partner, Paul Watford, to fill a vacant seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Pillsbury to Move Back-Office Workers to Nashville	Top
A 150-employee Music City office will house IT, finance, and support operations. O'Melveny & Myers, meanwhile, confirmed that it is laying off 75 staff members and sending their duties to outsourcing outfit Williams Lea.
The Careerist: Opting Out and Opting In--Cleary Style	Top
Jennifer Kroman dropped out of Cleary Gottlieb's partnership to become a stay-at-home mom. Now's she back at the firm again—but in a completely new role.
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200	Top
O'Melveny loses another to Allen & Overy, K&L Gates adds two partners, and DLA's restructuring chair jumps to Brown Rudnick. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.
Meet The Lawyers Keeping an Eye on Occupy Wall Street	Top
The National Lawyers Guild has recruited some 200 volunteers to act as observers at the scene of the month-old political demonstration and to provide legal representation for anyone arrested in connection with it.
The Global Lawyer: The Corporate Criminal Plea Sails Overseas	Top
The U.K. Bribery Act arrived this summer in a hail of publicity. But that act won't move mountains without a subtle but seismic change in Britain's legal superstructure.

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