* Hope you weren’t planning on traveling anywhere today. [CNN]
* Rate hikes or layoffs or both loom for the industry following a *checks notes* “0.1%” decline in demand. Definitely time to panic! [American Lawyer]
* Kirkland & Ellis partner buys $38 million home away from home. Compare and contrast the grave concern over that demand hit. [LegalCheek]
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* Weil Gotshal seeks to remove the baseball’s goofy antitrust exemption. [Reuters]
* Americans no longer believe the Supreme Court is impartial. It’s hard to tell what drives this perception, but some experts believe it might be that the Supreme Court is objectively no longer impartial. [The Hill]