* Now Spider-Man is trying to save America from high drug prices. Big pharma, on the other hand, is rooting for the Thanos solution. [The Recorder]
* Weekend at Bernie’s meets The Verdict: Attorney kept pushing after his client died and never bothered to tell anyone. [ABA Journal]
* Thornton Law Firm gets off on campaign fraud charges. Thornton had helped out Democrats… the Republicans on the FEC let them off. Even though this transparently helps Trump’s claims vis a vis Cohen, he’ll probably complain about it anyway. [CommonWealth Magazine]
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* Law firms fall prey to cybercrime… again. [American Lawyer]
* Trump’s unveiled a new immigration “plan” that reads like one of Steve King’s wet dreams. [USA Today]
* Purdue Pharma’s legal problems mount faster than the rampant addiction problem they’ve spread. [Washington Post]
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* Tex McIver, the law firm partner who killed his wife because he was scared of black people, thinks he should be able to sue over his wife’s death… that he caused. [Daily Report]