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• High court practitioners: increasingly diverse
• The most feared man at the SEC
• Red meat for defense
• Figure in FCPA prosecution negotiates reduced sentence
• Orrick asks to fire MGA in second Bratz case
• In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: Is there a trend away from FCPA compliance monitors?
• In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: Given recent FCPA cases, M&A risk management is key
• In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: Nigeria: an FCPA minefield for corporations
• In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: Companies should manage impact of FCPA probes on key stakeholders
• In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: New focus on truly foreign entities and foreign officials
• THE PRACTICE: Firms need to reinvent relationships with clients
• OPINION: 'Therasense': Vaccine for a plague
• OPINION: Deck stacked against manufacturers
• THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Learn good online habits

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High court practitioners: increasingly diverse	Top
Last month's announcement that former acting solicitor general Walter Dellinger was turning over the reins of O'Melveny & Myers' prestigious appellate practice to Sri Srinivasan, born in India and raised in Kansas, is just the latest sign that diversity is blossoming where before there was almost none.
The most feared man at the SEC	Top
H. David Kotz knows what it's like to have all conversation stop the moment he steps into a crowded elevator at work — and resume the moment he exits. But the inspector general of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission isn't much concerned with being popular
Red meat for defense	Top
In the months leading up to the May 2008 raid on an Iowa slaughterhouse, U.S. District Judge Linda Reade in Cedar Rapids participated in a series of meetings with law enforcement agents and prosecutors, government memos show.
Figure in FCPA prosecution negotiates reduced sentence	Top
A federal judge has approved a last-minute deal in a closely watched Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case that would allow one of the defendants to win release from prison immediately.
Orrick asks to fire MGA in second Bratz case	Top
The firm says the client owes $1.2 million for work defending a claim by an artist who says he inspired doll line.
In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: Is there a trend away from FCPA compliance monitors?	Top
Recent dispositions have signaled a possible move toward self-policing and direct reporting to agencies.
In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: Given recent FCPA cases, M&A risk management is key	Top
Good management requires informed, deal-by-deal judgment and protections tailored to targets' risk profiles.
In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: Nigeria: an FCPA minefield for corporations	Top
Outsiders face significant difficulties avoiding corruption pitfalls without assistance of local counsel.
In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: Companies should manage impact of FCPA probes on key stakeholders	Top
Doing so may enable them to avoid or successfully defend against collateral government agency inquiries or civil litigation.
In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: New focus on truly foreign entities and foreign officials	Top
Recent prosecutions have targeted these two classes of defendants — thought for years to be beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement.
THE PRACTICE: Firms need to reinvent relationships with clients	Top
Redefining the value firms provide clients is the only way to avert a downward spiral of commoditization of legal services.
OPINION: 'Therasense': Vaccine for a plague	Top
The Federal Circuit issued a much needed ruling, tightening requisite proofs to render a patent unenforceable for inequitable conduct.
OPINION: Deck stacked against manufacturers	Top
In patent infringement litigation, nonpracticing entities have the upper hand against product manufacturers; it's up to Congress and the courts to remedy that situation.
THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Learn good online habits	Top
Good social habits online should be automatic as well, but some of them simply aren't intuitive.

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