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• The Score: Legal Fees, Lawsuits, and Changing Leagues
• Law Firm Merger Talks Proceed in Asia, End in Europe
• Simpson Thacher, Jones Day Take Lead on KKR's $7.2 Billion Samson Buy
• Antitrust Roundup: FCC Moves Against AT&T/T-Mobile Deal; Cleary Wins EU Okay For Western Digitial
• Shearman, Davis Polk Advise as China's Shanda Interactive Goes Private
• A Modern Tragedy in Five Acts
• Dealmaker of the Week: Matthew Hurd of Sullivan & Cromwell
• The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
• As MLB and Players Strike Labor Pact, A Look at Union's Legal Bills for Last Five Years
• The Young Lions

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The Score: Legal Fees, Lawsuits, and Changing Leagues	Top
Just how much is the NBA players' union paying Boies, Schiller & Flexner for its antitrust suit—now consolidated in Minnesota—against the league? Plus: Penn State hires another law firm, MoFo steps up for the UFC, and Hulk Hogan gets hit in divorce court in our regular look at sports and the law.
Law Firm Merger Talks Proceed in Asia, End in Europe	Top
Partners from top Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques have voted in favor of a proposed merger with leading domestic Chinese firm King & Wood, while partners at German firm Gleiss Lutz and Benelux firm Stibbe have rejected an official merger with British alliance partner Herbert Smith.
Simpson Thacher, Jones Day Take Lead on KKR's $7.2 Billion Samson Buy	Top
A consortium led by private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. announced Wednesday that it will pay $7.2 billion to acquire Samson Investment Company, one of the largest private oil and gas exploration and production companies in the U.S.
Antitrust Roundup: FCC Moves Against AT&T/T-Mobile Deal; Cleary Wins EU Okay For Western Digitial	Top
The Federal Communications Commission and the European Commission are keeping antitrust litigators from Am Law 200 firms busy as the seek regulatory approval for a pair of billion-dollar mergers.
Shearman, Davis Polk Advise as China's Shanda Interactive Goes Private	Top
Sibling publication The Asian Lawyer reports that the firms have the lead roles advising on a $690 million leveraged buyout of Chinese online game developer Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd.
A Modern Tragedy in Five Acts	Top
It's easy to dismiss a lawyer's descent into criminal wrongdoing as an aberration--until certain aspects of his or her journey begin to look uncomfortably familiar.
Dealmaker of the Week: Matthew Hurd of Sullivan & Cromwell	Top
Sullivan & Cromwell partner Matthew Hurd represented drug developer Pharmasset, which announced Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by Gilead Sciences for  $11 billion.
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200	Top
D.C. energy lawyers are in demand at Venable and McDermott; Munger Tolles loses one in Los Angeles; and Allen & Overy takes on a former J.P. Morgan executive director. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.
As MLB and Players Strike Labor Pact, A Look at Union's Legal Bills for Last Five Years	Top
It turns out that labor peace in a major U.S. professional sports league can be achieved without lockouts or litigation. And while the quick resolution of the current contract talks between Major League Baseball and its players should keep the related legal bills relatively low this year, The Am Law Daily has the breakdown on how much the union spent on attorneys over the past five years.
The Young Lions	Top
The American Lawyer's survey of new partners finds them bright and frisky, but anxious about clients, firm policies and politics, and whether they can become kings (and queens) of the jungle.

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