* A full 85 percent of companies aren’t ready for the GDPR implementation deadline later this week, meaning… well probably nothing, but let’s freak out about it anyway. [Corporate Counsel]
* Jones Day’s Dana Baiocco tabbed by Trump administration to the Consumer Product Safety Commission to end Democratic leadership on that board. So get ready for exploding bottles and nails just sticking out of stuffed animals… because “freedom.” [National Law Journal]
* DOJ tests new investigative tactic of just telling suspected criminals everything before interviewing them. [Huffington Post]
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* We’re deregulating banks again because that’s historically worked out so well. [Wall Street Journal]
* South Carolina has repealed its “disturbing school” law, which was really just a vague catch-all provision to allow cops to harass and imprison black kids. [ACLU]
* Paul Manafort looks to suppress more evidence. Hey it’s worth a shot. [Courthouse News Service]
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* In sad news, groundbreaking attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree has passed away at 104. [Washington Post]