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• Embattled Cain Taps Ex-Bryan Cave Partner Lin Wood to Fight Harassment Claims
• The Careerist: Not More Bad News!
• Allens Arthur Digs in for Mongolian Mining Boom With Office Launch
• MF Global Creditors Hire Dewey, Hughes Hubbard Seeks Expenses
• Jenner Snags Six Partners From Hogan Lovells in Los Angeles
• The Lateral: Texas Litigator Jumps from Big Firm to Boutique
• Paterno, President Out At Penn State As Legal Fallout From Sex Abuse Case Continues
• The Careerist: Lawyer or Legal Administrator? A Reader's Query
• DOJ Won't Probe Ex-SEC GC Becker's Potential Madoff Conflicts
• Sidley Austin, White & Case Take Lead on Unusual Dynegy Bankruptcy

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Embattled Cain Taps Ex-Bryan Cave Partner Lin Wood to Fight Harassment Claims	Top
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has hired high-profile Atlanta-based libel lawyer L. Lin Wood, Jr., to help him fend off the sexual harassment accusations that have dogged his campaign for two weeks.
The Careerist: Not More Bad News!	Top
The best spin on NAWL's latest report on women is that progress is slow. But there are signs that the situation might be a bit worse.
Allens Arthur Digs in for Mongolian Mining Boom With Office Launch	Top
Sibling publication The Asian Lawyer reports that Australian firm Allens Arthur Robinson is setting up shop in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar.
MF Global Creditors Hire Dewey, Hughes Hubbard Seeks Expenses	Top
An official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of derivatives and commodities broker MF Global Holdings has hired Dewey & LeBoeuf as counsel, while a SIPC trustee from Hughes Hubbard & Reed has filed papers with a U.S. district court showing that the firm is willing to discount its hourly rates by 10 percent to work on the case.
Jenner Snags Six Partners From Hogan Lovells in Los Angeles	Top
Jenner & Block expands its two-and-a-half year old Los Angeles office with the addition of six partners from Hogan Lovells.
The Lateral: Texas Litigator Jumps from Big Firm to Boutique	Top
Dallas-based commercial litigator Keith McDole leaves his of counsel position at Jones Day to become a partner at the boutique now known as McDole, Kennedy & Williams.
Paterno, President Out At Penn State As Legal Fallout From Sex Abuse Case Continues	Top
A bevy of Pennsylvania lawyers have taken roles advising parties connected to the explosive scandal that has plagued Penn State University since authorities charged former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky with 40 counts of sexual abuse and two high-ranking school officials with covering up his alleged crimes.
The Careerist: Lawyer or Legal Administrator? A Reader's Query	Top
Is it too late to get back into lawyering if you've been out of the game for ten years? Are your chances better in legal administration?
DOJ Won't Probe Ex-SEC GC Becker's Potential Madoff Conflicts	Top
David Becker, a former SEC general counsel and current Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton partner, will not face a criminal investigation into whether he violated federal conflict-of-interest laws when he helped set the regulator's policy on payouts to victims of Bernard Madoff's $20 billion Ponzi scheme.
Sidley Austin, White & Case Take Lead on Unusual Dynegy Bankruptcy	Top
The two Am Law 100 firms are advising subsidiaries of Houston-based Dynegy on a series of Chapter 11 filings that the parent company hopes will protect its shareholders while reducing $4 billion in debt due to bondholders.

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