Morning Docket: 11.30.15

* While you were feasting upon turkey this Thanksgiving, Dentons -- otherwise known as the largest Biglaw behemoth in the world -- was busy gobbling up yet another law firm. The megafirm will combine with 33-lawyer OPF Partners out of Luxembourg. [WSJ Law Blog] * According to a survey from AlixPartners, over the past 12 months, GCs have reported more "bet the company" lawsuits compared to last year. Don't get too excited, though, because growth in litigation spend hasn't quite caught up yet. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * You really can do anything with a law degree -- including things that have absolutely nothing to do with the law! Patrick Hobbs, dean emeritus of Seton Hall Law, has been tapped to become the athletics director at Rutgers University. [NJ Advance Media] * What would happen if one of the largest publicly traded plaintiffs firms in the world went under? Ever since its stock price plummeted by 52 percent, industry analysts have started to wonder whether Slater & Gordon is on the verge of collapse. [ABC News] * In the wake of the defacement of black faculty portraits and the administration's apparent "ongoing failure" to address racism on campus, Harvard Law alumni are being asked to stop making donations to the school until changes are made. [Boston Globe] * One of 92-year-old Sumner Redstone's exes filed a probate suit questioning his mental competence and ability to run Viacom and CBS. His attorney from entertainment law powerhouse Loeb & Loeb essentially called her client's ex a gold digger. [CNBC]