* The Hamilton Ponzi scheme ends in a guilty plea. Well, he had his shot. [New York Law Journal]
* You know who is really worried about the Paul Manafort case? Every lawyer who acts as a lobbyist and thinks, “uh oh… this criminal complaint reads a lot like my billable hour diaries.” [National Law Journal]
* Charleston School of Law didn’t have a very good bar exam. [Post and Courier]
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* Womble completes its merger with Bond Dickinson. [American Lawyer]
* NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin’s term has ended. So gear up for the new Lochner-era! [Law360]
* Game-changing litigation moves. Probably not game-changing… game-adjusting. [Litigation Daily]