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The American Medical Association, the Association for Community Affiliated Plans and several other organizations came out in support of the Biden administration’s new rule on short-term health plans. The rule limits the plans to shorter time periods and requires them to be clearer about what they do and do not cover.

This week has brought news of four notable investment deals in legal tech.

In-house counsel: Tell us which law firms you use.

She used the money to pay her credit card, mortgage, and student loan bills.

Today’s topics range from tactical execution to the global legal context.

* M&A is up in Q1, fueling Biglaw profits. So somehow the rest of the media will spin this as bad economic news. [Reuters]

* Kirkland continues to outgrow its rivals. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Trump's immunity bid in hush money trial crashes and burns again, but this time for being late. [Law360]

* Even what's left of the NCAA's NIL rules violate antitrust per new filing. [USA Today]

* NY inmates suing to be able to see the solar eclipse next week. [ABA Journal]

* Do your part to help out the profession by participating in the annual mental health survey. [American Lawyer]

U.S. News And Weird Rankings: Do you think Duke is a better law school than Harvard?

How To Hire... Whatever This Is: Guy with no conception of how law works explains how to hire a good lawyer. Who said Twitter giving a bunch of attention-seeking nitwits an expansive platform was a bad idea?

Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!: Oklahoma judge thinks law enforcement needs to speed up the murder train.

Spitting In The Wishing Well: Aileen Cannon tried to game the jury instructions. Jack Smith reminded her he's not afraid to take this up a level.

Seize The Day: Keep voting in our Trump asset seizure bracket.

Merger activity is up this year.