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When you own the process, you own every question, every delay, and every handoff that doesn't go smoothly.

John Fugelsang’s Separation Of Church And Hate Is Antidote To Blasphemous Trump Posts

What’s yet another display of distasteful Trumpian idolatry on the internet?

‘A Significant Assault On Our Health’: Healthcare Policy Leaders Condemn Trump’s Budget Proposal

President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget proposes deep healthcare cuts, raising concerns about harm to patients and research.

Morning Docket: 04.15.26

* The Am Law 100 is out. Kirkland made a lot of money. [American Lawyer]

* And with it, Kirkland snags Wachtell’s top distressed-debt lawyer for a guaranteed $80 million over three years. [Financial Times]

* Conservative D.C. Circuit judges block Judge Boasberg from exercising his power to hold a party in contempt just because they repeatedly ignored court orders to take illegal actions. [Reuters]

* State efforts to rein in Kalshi are a 50-50 proposition. [National Law Journal]

* Justice Department looks to void seditious conspiracy convictions for Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. [CNN]

* Grok sued for data center pollution. [Law360]

* Pro tem judge loses job after creating fake parking document. [ABA Journal]

The Verdict Is In — See Also

DLA Piper Wins Workplace Discrimination Suit: Guess juries don’t like mistakes in work product either.

A Challenger Approaches!: A freshly merged firm will break into the top 20.

All’s Well That Settles Well: Troutman Pepper settles $35M racial discrimination suit.

Clearing Up The Myths About Mythos: Read this before you panic. You can panic once you’re done.

Looking For Who’s Who In California?: These are the top Biglaw firms in the state.

Turning Defense Into Offense

Nothing blocks a license transaction more than when the target feels that they have a killer noninfringement defense.

Centerbase Launches AI-Powered Business Intelligence Tool That Gives Firms Citation-Backed Answers From Their Own Data

The company is debuting the product this week at the 2026 Association of Legal Administrators Annual Conference & Expo in National Harbor, Md.

The Dark Side Of LinkedIn Networking: How To Recognize Harvesting And Protect Your Professional Network 

Extraction is not collaboration.

Say Hello To The Next Top 20 Firm: Partners Approve Transatlantic Biglaw Merger

The urge to merge just went global in a $2.8 billion deal. Congrats!

$35 Million Racial Discrimination Suit Against Troutman Pepper Ends In Settlement

The firm opted not to find out what a jury thought of the 'he's an equal-opportunity assh*le' defense.

Jury Decides Mother-To-Be’s Discrimination Case In DLA Piper’s Favor

Sometimes a firing is just a firing!

Protégé™ In CourtLink® Explains The Whole Case Faster

Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.

The Top Biglaw Firms In California (2027)

We wish they all could be California firms....

In-House Professionals: Did You Take Our Compensation Survey Yet?

Tell us how much you make and help us share valuable benchmarking information.

No Parking, No Plan: The Hidden Liability Behind World Cup 26

What we are looking at is an unmanaged risk.