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• DLA Advises Atlanta Hawks Owners on Another Team Sale
• Deals Update: Maple Group Extends TMX Offer, EU Begins NYSE/Deutsche Regulatory Process
• The Score: Dodgers Case Could Mean a Big Payday for Bartlit Beck
• The Careerist: Texas Tech Law Dean Defends the JD
• Legal Sector Added 4,000 New Jobs in July
• $20 Billion Saudi Joint Venture a Boon to Shearman, White & Case
• The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
• For One Landlord at Least, Howrey's Death Is Good News
• Freshfields, Linklaters Consider Lockstep Review
• Dealmaker of the Week: R. Newcomb Stillwell of Ropes & Gray

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DLA Advises Atlanta Hawks Owners on Another Team Sale	Top
Two months after the firm advised Atlanta Spirit LLC on the company's sale of the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers to an ownership group in Winnipeg, DLA Piper is helping the Atlanta-based partnership unload the Atlanta Hawks and the operating rights to the team's 19,500-seat arena.
Deals Update: Maple Group Extends TMX Offer, EU Begins NYSE/Deutsche Regulatory Process	Top
Plus: Validus vows to pursue a hostile bid for Transatlantic Holdings.
The Score: Dodgers Case Could Mean a Big Payday for Bartlit Beck	Top
The latest act in Frank McCourt's legal drama, law firms line up for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the NBA lockout means work for more lawyers, the U.S. women's national soccer team's top attorney speaks out, and Nixon Peabody plays stadium games in The Am Law Daily's latest look at sports and the law.
The Careerist: Texas Tech Law Dean Defends the JD	Top
Darby Dickerson, dean at Texas Tech University School of Law weighs in on the debate about the value of law school.
Legal Sector Added 4,000 New Jobs in July	Top
After shedding 2,900 jobs in June, the legal industry took a turn for the better in July, adding 4,000 jobs during a period that saw the overall economy add 117,000.
$20 Billion Saudi Joint Venture a Boon to Shearman, White & Case	Top
Under a joint venture announced at the end of July, the Dow Chemical Company and Saudi Arabian Oil Company will team up to create one of the world's largest facilities for integrated chemicals in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200	Top
A former top Securities and Exchange Commission official heads to K&L Gates; Loeb & Loeb adds a banking team from LeClairRyan; and Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker beefs up its aviation litigation practice. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com .
For One Landlord at Least, Howrey's Death Is Good News	Top
Mortimer Zuckerman's Boston Properties capitalizes on the firm's dissolution by raising rents at property it owns in New York.
Freshfields, Linklaters Consider Lockstep Review	Top
The Magic Circle rivals are considering plans to reduce the number of high-earners at the top of their respective lockstep schemes by granting management the power to amend individual profit-sharing arrangements.
Dealmaker of the Week: R. Newcomb Stillwell of Ropes & Gray	Top
Stillwell led the Ropes & Gray team advising private equity firm the Blackstone Group on its acquisition of medical-billing services company Emdeon Inc.

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