* The Times looks at Biglaw surrenders through the lens of the history of Above the Law itself. [NY Times]
* McDermott/Schulte merger will create one of the biggest New York presences of any firm (until the looming recession hits and provides a convenient opportunity to trim redundancies, of course). [American Lawyer]
* Wachtell and Latham decide that since everyone is happy with rent-seeking, monopolistic cable companies, it’s time to make an even bigger one. [Law360]
* On Friday, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that, no, the government can’t sell more people to prisons without due process. Alito and Thomas dissent… probably hoping for an awesome all-expense paid luxury vacation courtesy of the El Salvadoran government. [CNBC]
* Relatedly, Judge Xinnis sees the Trump administration inching ever closer to the contempt line in refusing to follow orders in Abrego Garcia case. Meanwhile, someone in the White House is saying, “Xinnis… sounds foreign to me.” [Reuters]
* New York case asks if the algorithms tech companies use to steer radicalizing content to specific users have become products susceptible to the state product liability law. Essentially, does ranking and delivering content take it outside the Section 230 shield. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Karen Read gets documentary series. [ABA Journal]