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• Proskauer Refutes Discrimination Claims at Heart of Ex-CFO's $10 Million Suit
• Nine Firms Land Roles as Citigroup Sells EMI Units to Universal, Sony
• The Careerist: The Upside of Sexual Harassment
• S&C, White & Case Advise on VeriFone's Point International Acquisition
• Latham Advises Georgia-Pacific on $1.8 Billion Sale of Tissue Unit
• Ex-Sidley Associate Concludes Cross-Country Journey
• Dealmaker of the Week: Nancy Lieberman of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• The Score: King & Spalding's Sollers to Represent Paterno as Penn State Launches Internal Inquiry
• Baker, Pillsbury Ink New Office Leases on Opposite Coasts
• DLA's Burch Dismisses Fraser Milner Tie-Up Report

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Proskauer Refutes Discrimination Claims at Heart of Ex-CFO's $10 Million Suit	Top
The firm has moved to dismiss the complaint in which former CFO Elly Rosenthal says she was demoted and then fired after she returned to work following treatment for breast cancer.
Nine Firms Land Roles as Citigroup Sells EMI Units to Universal, Sony	Top
Nine months after seizing control of London-based EMI Group from Terra Firma Capital Partners, Citigroup is selling the company's recorded music and publishing units in separate transactions worth a total of roughly $4.1 billion.
The Careerist: The Upside of Sexual Harassment	Top
Who says sexual harassment is all bad? For one thing, jobs where's there's a risk of sexual harassment pay more bucks!
S&C, White & Case Advise on VeriFone's Point International Acquisition	Top
The San Jose–based maker of credit card processing machines announced Monday that it will acquire a Swedish rival in a deal worth roughly $1.05 billion including assumed debt.
Latham Advises Georgia-Pacific on $1.8 Billion Sale of Tissue Unit	Top
Swedish paper and hygiene-products maker SCA aims to bolster its personal-care offerings by acquiring  Georgia-Pacific's European tissue business.
Ex-Sidley Associate Concludes Cross-Country Journey	Top
Almost eight months after they embarked on a walk across the country, former Sidley Austin restructuring associate Tyler Coulson and his dog, Mabel, completed their journey after arriving in San Diego.
Dealmaker of the Week: Nancy Lieberman of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	Top
The Skadden M&A partner led the firm's team advising Amylin Pharmaceuticals on an agreement that ends litigation with Eli Lilly and also dissolves an Amylin-Lilly alliance aimed at developing and selling diabetes drugs--with Amylin in line to acquire full global rights to those drugs over the next two years.
The Score: King & Spalding's Sollers to Represent Paterno as Penn State Launches Internal Inquiry	Top
The legal fallout from the Penn State sexual abuse scandal continues, with a high-profile litigator signing on to represent ousted coach Joe Paterno and the university's board of trustees naming Merck CEO—and former general counsel—Kenneth Frazier to lead an investigation into what went wrong in Happy Valley. Plus, in less serious legal news from the world of sports: A Robins Kaplan partner helps an old baseball hand get back in the game, Foley & Lardner plans for a Packers stock sale, and a look at the lawyers litigating over college football conference realignment.
Baker, Pillsbury Ink New Office Leases on Opposite Coasts	Top
Bucking a 2011 trend that has seen most law firms with expiring leases renew rather than relocate, both Baker & McKenzie and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman are taking over more than 100,000 square feet of space at new addresses in key cities.
DLA's Burch Dismisses Fraser Milner Tie-Up Report	Top
DLA Piper global cochairman Frank Burch says a Canadian publication's report that his firm is set to merge with Toronto-based Fraser Milner Casgrain is "completely made-up."

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