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• Former Simmons Managing Partner to Join Bingham
• Dewey Takes Lead on Dodger's Bankruptcy
• Top Patent Litigator Leaving Weil to Launch Plaintiffs-Side Firm
• Q&A: Susan Saladoff, Producer and Director of "Hot Coffee"
• Paul Weiss Nabs Two Patent Litigators from Weil Gotshal
• The Careerist: Job News from Across the Pond
• The Winklevoss Twins Press On
• Desperately Seeking Downtime
• With Cleary Presiding, Nortel Patent Auction Could Be Biggest Ever

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Former Simmons Managing Partner to Join Bingham	Top
Mark Dawkins will join Bingham in September after losing in a final round of Simmons senior partner elections.
Dewey Takes Lead on Dodger's Bankruptcy	Top
The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy Monday in a Delaware court.
Top Patent Litigator Leaving Weil to Launch Plaintiffs-Side Firm	Top
Matthew Powers, cochair of litigation at Weil Gotshal, is leaving the firm after 18 years to start his own plaintiffs shop. News of the split, which Powers and Weil described as friendly, came the same day as the announced hires of two other Weil patent litigators by Paul Weiss.
Q&A: Susan Saladoff, Producer and Director of "Hot Coffee"	Top
Remember the case involving a spilled cup of hot McDonald's coffee and millions of dollars in damages? Turns out that there's more to the story than you probably know--and a lot you think you know that might be wrong. Susan Saladoff, the producer and director of the upcoming HBO documentary "Hot Coffee," explains why she made the film and what she hopes viewers will get out of it.
Paul Weiss Nabs Two Patent Litigators from Weil Gotshal	Top
Nicholas Groombridge, who cochaired the patent litigation practice at Weil, and David J. Ball, Jr., join the firm as it experiences increased demand in patent litigation work.
The Careerist: Job News from Across the Pond	Top
The job scene in U.K. partnerships at the top 50 British firms, Allen & Overy's shrinking trainee classes, and Slaughter and May's hiring faux pas.
The Winklevoss Twins Press On	Top
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss aren't taking their Facebook case to the Supreme Court. But that doesn't mean the twins have given up. On Thursday, they told a federal district judge in Boston they'd seek discovery on whether Facebook hid evidence from them.
Desperately Seeking Downtime	Top
Lawyers aren't alone in pondering what quality time with others really means, but they confront special challenges in trying to find it.
With Cleary Presiding, Nortel Patent Auction Could Be Biggest Ever	Top
Technology giants are reportedly swarming around the huge patent portfolio of the bankrupt Canadian telecom Nortel Networks ahead of next Monday's auction--which may be among the largest stand-alone sales of a patent portfolio ever.

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