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• Shearman & Sterling, Latham, Kilpatrick: Business of Law

  Shearman & Sterling LLP is closing its Dusseldorf and Munich offices, leaving the firm with one German office, in Frankfurt. The firm’s German corporate/mergers and acquisitions, finance/tax and disputes/arbitration work will be consolidated in Frankfurt, the firm said in a statement.

• Ex-Attorney Kluger Appeals Insider-Trading Sentence

  Matthew Kluger, the former lawyer who last year received the longest prison sentence imposed in an insider-trading case, didn’t deserve the 12-year term, his lawyer told the U.S. Appeals Court in Philadelphia.

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  Bombing Prosecutors Begin Case With Laws Forged by Terror

  Prosecutors in the Boston Marathon bombings have begun to grapple with the daunting task of assembling evidence from multiple crime scenes and around the world to explain to jurors the story behind the attack, as the latest example of terror on American soil moves to a courtroom.

• Wilson Sonsini, Sullivan, Willkie, Arent: Business of Law

  Former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk joined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP as senior of counsel.

• Bingham, Sidley, Jones Day, Sullivan: Business of Law

  Eleven lawyers said yesterday they plan to leave Bingham McCutchen LLP for Sidley Austin LLP.

• Apple, Wharton, Del Monte, DuPont: Intellectual Property

  Apple Inc.’s future iPhones may look very different from present models, if a recently published patent application is any indication.

• Advent Software Declines After Deciding Not to Pursue Sale

  Advent Software Inc., a developer of software and services for money managers, fell 5.2 percent in New York trading after deciding not to pursue a sale of the company.

• Outdoor Channel to Be Acquired by Kroenke for $227 Million

  Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc., the owner of a cable-TV network with hunting and fishing programs, agreed to be bought by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment LLC for about $227 million, spurning an earlier offer from InterMedia Outdoors Holdings LLC.

• Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Shiff Hardin: Business of Law

  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represents KKR & Co., the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, which agreed to buy industrial equipment maker Gardner Denver Inc. for about $3.7 billion after raising its offer. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is advising Gardner Denver.

• Kirkland, King & Spalding, K&L Gates,S&C: Business of Law

  Kirkland & Ellis LLP hired two West Coast corporate attorneys with high-profile mergers and acquisitions experience, Michael S. Ringler and Rick C. Madden.

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