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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>PLI SmartBrief</title><description>Designed specifically for attorneys, PLI SmartBrief is a FREE daily e-mail newsletter. It provides the latest news and information impacting our industry.&amp;nbsp;Click&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/pli/index.jsp?sb_code=rss'&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe.</description><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/pli?sb_code=rss</link><image><url>http://www.smartbrief.com/images/homepage/hed-smartbrief.gif</url><title>PLI SmartBrief</title><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/pli?sb_code=rss</link></image><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</lastBuildDate><item><title>CFTC report details Gensler's response to MF Global collapse</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D122D9C71-797C-4E37-8559-DC7A2C3DF460%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D122D9C71-797C-4E37-8559-DC7A2C3DF460%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Shortly after MF Global's sudden bankruptcy, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler recused himself from &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D122D9C71-797C-4E37-8559-DC7A2C3DF460%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>Corporate Spotlight</category></item><item><title>Foreign units disappear from U.S. corporate reports</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D1286E392-8D15-4F0D-9FF0-C919284BDDCD%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D1286E392-8D15-4F0D-9FF0-C919284BDDCD%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Offshore subsidiaries of big U.S. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D1286E392-8D15-4F0D-9FF0-C919284BDDCD%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>Corporate Spotlight</category></item><item><title>Tightening monetary policy would risk recovery, Bernanke says</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DA31D0AE6-BFDC-4500-8A49-6B013CD7623B%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DA31D0AE6-BFDC-4500-8A49-6B013CD7623B%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Ending the Federal Reserve's stimulus programs too soon would endanger U.S. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DA31D0AE6-BFDC-4500-8A49-6B013CD7623B%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>National News</category></item><item><title>Commerce secretary nominee faces questions on bank failure</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DCF9056F2-0E49-49B0-999D-FA96347B61A7%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DCF9056F2-0E49-49B0-999D-FA96347B61A7%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">President Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary, Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, will be questioned by Republican&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DCF9056F2-0E49-49B0-999D-FA96347B61A7%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>Legislative Dispatch</category></item><item><title>Defined-benefit plans top defined contributions by widening margin</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D4851C507-F142-441B-B5AF-A37DB3152EAC%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D4851C507-F142-441B-B5AF-A37DB3152EAC%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">In 2011, U.S. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D4851C507-F142-441B-B5AF-A37DB3152EAC%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>Employment Focus</category></item><item><title>Analysis: Has Washington given up on job creation?</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DCEBAA42C-6480-4FA1-9510-228D402B7ABB%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DCEBAA42C-6480-4FA1-9510-228D402B7ABB%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Legislative efforts to spur job growth have mostly petered out, and there doesn't seem to be a strong impetus to restart them&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DCEBAA42C-6480-4FA1-9510-228D402B7ABB%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>Employment Focus</category></item><item><title>Feds may use RICO Act in insider-trading case, sources say</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D38402EB5-5B5A-4926-9858-F1904EBDAE98%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D38402EB5-5B5A-4926-9858-F1904EBDAE98%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Prosecutors are reportedly thinking about using the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, which is typically us&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D38402EB5-5B5A-4926-9858-F1904EBDAE98%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>Supreme Court and Federal Court Watch</category></item><item><title>Okla. AG seeks to stop price gouging in wake of tornadoes</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D9892A170-874D-4774-B3F0-74106DD51F66%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D9892A170-874D-4774-B3F0-74106DD51F66%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">The office of Oklahoma Attorney General E. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D9892A170-874D-4774-B3F0-74106DD51F66%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>Other Legal News</category></item><item><title>Visualize building blocks, not a ladder, when planning your career</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D0FCA4850-E7B9-4887-AA58-AF03679E98CE%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D0FCA4850-E7B9-4887-AA58-AF03679E98CE%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Your goal throughout your career should be to accumulate meaningful experiences and skills such as building blocks, not to as&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D0FCA4850-E7B9-4887-AA58-AF03679E98CE%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>Professional and Business Development</category></item><item><title>How to straighten up a messy job search</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DA21CEB5B-C035-4DC7-8784-A2221BB4BBCB%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DA21CEB5B-C035-4DC7-8784-A2221BB4BBCB%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">By organizing your job-hunting contacts in one place, such as in a spreadsheet, you can include notes about things such as ho&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DA21CEB5B-C035-4DC7-8784-A2221BB4BBCB%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>Professional and Business Development</category></item><item><title>The Good and Bad News of the Legal Marketplace</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DBF917351-30B4-4466-A458-55E5CB1848C8%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DBF917351-30B4-4466-A458-55E5CB1848C8%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">The May 29 audio briefing <a href="
http://www.pli.edu/re.aspx?pk=49793&t=KFJ3_SMBR9&utm_source=SMBR9&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_c&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DBF917351-30B4-4466-A458-55E5CB1848C8%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>PLI News</category></item><item><title>Free PLI Program Helps You Find Your First Pro Bono Case</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DBA021F03-A96F-4987-B158-007FD0380750%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DBA021F03-A96F-4987-B158-007FD0380750%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">The free May 29 program (in San Francisco and on the Web) How to Find and Handle Your First Pro Bono Case (Free) is a great o&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3DBA021F03-A96F-4987-B158-007FD0380750%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>PLI News</category></item><item><title>You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D9637CEBC-0F26-482A-A33B-A9120E240D2D%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D9637CEBC-0F26-482A-A33B-A9120E240D2D%26brief%3Dpli%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Beverly Sills,American opera singer and opera manager&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DC7A9C047-D933-47D9-95AD-C257715D2D52%26copyid%3D9637CEBC-0F26-482A-A33B-A9120E240D2D%26brief%3DPLI%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 08:45:45 CDT</pubDate><category>SmartQuote</category></item></channel></rss>