* California firm, McDonough Holland & Allen, to close down. [ABA Journal]
* Pillsbury continues to raid Nixon Peabody. [New York Law Journal]
* Mortgage foreclosures are hitting minorities hardest. [CNNMoney]
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* Louisiana is going to bat against the ban on deep-water oil drilling. [Courthouse News Service]
* More on McDermott Will & Emery’s new caste system for incoming lawyers. [The Careerist]
* This Joran Van Der Sloot really sounds like a total wacko. [Huffington Post]