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• Boeing GC Leads In-House Team in $18 Billion Deal With Emirates Airlines
• Judge Rejects Pierce O'Donnell's Plea Agreement, Saying it's Too Harsh
• International Firms Keeping Warm With Energy Deals
• Merger Mania Continues as Ohio Firms Unite, Other Shops Talk Tie-Ups
• Autopsy Can't Say What Caused Skadden Associate's Death, But Puts Some Rumors to Rest
• The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
• Switching Sides: Owners' Lawyer in NFL Lockout, David Boies Signs on with NBA Players
• Charity Tied to Penn State Scandal Hires Counsel; Key Witness Contacts Firm
• For Second Time in Three Months, Cleary Advises as BofA Trims Stake in Chinese Lender
• Proskauer Refutes Discrimination Claims at Heart of Ex–CFO's $10 Million Suit

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Boeing GC Leads In-House Team in $18 Billion Deal With Emirates Airlines	Top
In what the company described as the largest order in its 95-year history, Boeing will supply Emirates Airlines with at least 50 airplanes. Boeing general counsel J. Michael Luttig led an in-house team on the transaction.
Judge Rejects Pierce O'Donnell's Plea Agreement, Saying it's Too Harsh	Top
A federal judge nixed prominent Los Angeles attorney Pierce O'Donnell's plea agreement, saying a six-month prison term was too harsh. In August, the one-time Kaye Scholer partner pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of making illegal campaign contributions to the 2004 presidential campaign of John Edwards.
International Firms Keeping Warm With Energy Deals	Top
Allen & Overy, Baker Botts, Dorsey & Whitney, Norton Rose, and several Canadian and South African firms have landed roles on the latest round of energy deals.
Merger Mania Continues as Ohio Firms Unite, Other Shops Talk Tie-Ups	Top
Taft Stettinius & Hollister, one of Ohio's largest firms, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring 30-lawyer Columbus shop Chester Willcox & Saxbe. Meanwhile, McKenna Long & Aldridge and Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps are in merger talks, and Denver-based Holme Roberts & Owen is hearing out potential suitors as it restructures its operations.
Autopsy Can't Say What Caused Skadden Associate's Death, But Puts Some Rumors to Rest	Top
Though unable to state definitively what killed 32-year-old Lisa Johnstone, a report issued by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department paints a portrait of a hardworking lawyer who most likely died as a result of some form of heart failure.
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200	Top
Nixon Peabody nabs two partners from the newly merged Edwards Wildman Palmer, Kasowitz loses its general counsel and gains a real estate attorney, and Manatt takes on an advertising specialist in Washington, D.C. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.
Switching Sides: Owners' Lawyer in NFL Lockout, David Boies Signs on with NBA Players	Top
The National Basketball Association's 2011–12 season appears doomed after NBA players rejected the latest offer by owners for a new collective bargaining agreement on Monday and announced that they hired Boies, Schiller & Flexner for a possible antitrust suit against the league. Is the fact that David Boies was on the owners' side in the last major professional sports labor dispute a problem?
Charity Tied to Penn State Scandal Hires Counsel; Key Witness Contacts Firm	Top
The Second Mile, the charity in the middle of the sexual abuse scandal roiling Penn State University, has hired a former Philadelphia district attorney to serve as its new outside general counsel, while an assistant coach on leave from the school has sought legal counsel of his own.
For Second Time in Three Months, Cleary Advises as BofA Trims Stake in Chinese Lender	Top
In a move aimed at raising much-needed capital, Bank of America is selling most of its remaining stake in China Construction Bank in a deal expected to fetch about $1.8 billion.
Proskauer Refutes Discrimination Claims at Heart of Ex–CFO's $10 Million Suit	Top
The firm has moved to dismiss the complaint in which former CFO Elly Rosenthal says she was demoted and then fired after she returned to work following treatment for breast cancer.

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