* Trump instructed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, which was a rotten thing to do to America’s hottest lawyer. [Buzzfeed]
* Skadden settles with government over Manafort fiasco to the tune of $4.6 million. [NY Times]
* Ben Brafman officially out as Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer. [Law360]
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* Net neutrality case will press forward after the DC Circuit told the FCC it couldn’t use Trump’s shutdown as an excuse to delay the case. [National Law Journal]
* Clients planning to spend more on tech and less on lawyers… this is how it begins, people. [International]
* Lawyer contends that 51-year-old man who punched an 11-year-old girl was acting in self-defense. This is why our profession can’t have nice things. [Huffington Post]
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* The top tech legal cases of the last 20 years. [Ars Technica]