* McDermott crosses $2B mark. [American Lawyer]
* Linklaters created a legal exam to certify AI tools to provide competent legal analysis. See California, it’s not so hard. [Roll on Friday]
* Having beaten Trump soundly over and over again in the Carroll case, Roberta Kaplan launches legal challenge over attempted congestion pricing ban. [Politico]

The Fifth-Year Dilemma: Do I Stay Or Do I Go (In-House)?
How to make the right decision, and why there might be another way to shape a fulfilling legal career on your own terms.
* Administrative law judges can now be fired at will! [NY Times]
* The administration’s continued defiance of court orders brings judge to the brink of contempt finding. [Reuters]
* Senate Dems want clarity on reports that AG Bondi misled them under oath which would be an absolutely not shocking turn of events. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Spirit creditors thought they were making one deal and then it became a lot more expensive. Welcome to Spirit. [Law360]