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• Lateral Acquisitions Abroad Help Keep Firms Busy on Mining Deals
• Locke Lord is Now Just...Locke Lord
• The Careerist: Law Schools News
• Kirkland, A&O, Others Lead on Legal, Business Media Deals
• The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
• So How Much Are the Lawyers Making Off the NBA Lockout?
• Ex-Cameron Aide Coulson Sues News Corp., Murdochs Face U.S. Class Action
• The Careerist: Paul Weiss Wants Fun Intellectuals
• Ashurst, Blake Dawson Announce Merger Deal
• Q&A: Jason Ewart of Arnold & Porter, Attorney for Troy Davis

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Lateral Acquisitions Abroad Help Keep Firms Busy on Mining Deals	Top
While the overall M&A market slowed in the third quarter, mining and natural resources-related deal work continues to keep law firms busy in Africa and Australia. And in the case of both Clifford Chance and Norton Rose, it was acquisitions of their own that helped the firms pick up far-flung transactional assignments.
Locke Lord is Now Just...Locke Lord	Top
Following the lead of such other recent shingle-shavers as Cooley, Husch Blackwell and Paul Hastings, the Texas-based firm formerly known as Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell announced Tuesday that it is downsizing its name.
The Careerist: Law Schools News	Top
List of the top law schools in the world; wimpy ABA; and more news.
Kirkland, A&O, Others Lead on Legal, Business Media Deals	Top
Kirkland & Ellis, Allen & Overy, Crowell & Moring, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius are advising on two separate deals involving Thomson Reuters and Reed Elsevier totaling nearly $1 billion, while SCOTUSblog gets a new exclusive sponsor.
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200	Top
A top aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor joins Blank Rome; O'Melveny & Myers hires a former SEC regulator; and Polsinelli Shughart and Eckert Seamans each add three new partners. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.
So How Much Are the Lawyers Making Off the NBA Lockout?	Top
With contract talks between owners and players tentatively set to resume Tuesday, there is no definitive answer to that question yet. But documents filed by the players union with the U.S. Department of Labor during the five years since the last labor pact was signed offer hints about the billables to come.
Ex-Cameron Aide Coulson Sues News Corp., Murdochs Face U.S. Class Action	Top
Andy Coulson, a onetime News of the World editor and former top aide to U.K. prime minister David Cameron, has sued News Corporation in London after the company stopped paying DLA Piper to represent him in connection with his alleged role in a phone-hacking scandal that led to the tabloid's demise.
The Careerist: Paul Weiss Wants Fun Intellectuals	Top
What does it take to get a job at Paul, Weiss (beside the usual boring top grades)? A chat with hiring partner Valerie Radwaner.
Ashurst, Blake Dawson Announce Merger Deal	Top
Leaders of the two firms say the union—approved by their respective partnerships Friday—will allow them to ramp up their Asian presence relatively quickly, according to sibling publication The Asian Lawyer.
Q&A: Jason Ewart of Arnold & Porter, Attorney for Troy Davis	Top
In an interview conducted by e-mail the day after Davis's execution, Arnold & Porter associate Jason Ewart described his experience fighting to exonerate the convicted killer, his own thoughts on the death penalty, and his feelings about the death of a man he considered more than a client.

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