Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.22.26

* Michael Cohen says he's applying to the DOJ slush fund. Let's see how this plays out. [Daily Beast] * Gibson Dunn and Davis Polk eye largest IPO in history -- a $2 trillion valuation for a company that brings in about $15 billion a year. Who doesn't love a 130x valuation? [Bloomberg Law News] * Tom Goldstein hires Elizabeth Prelogar. So he knows he's heading for an appeal. [Law360] * If it seems like Todd Blanche has reoriented the whole DOJ around delivering illicit gifts to Trump, it's because he has -- and it's why he's going to keep his job. [Politico] * Company turns over its outside counsel engagement process to an AI bot. What could go wrong? [Roll on Friday] * New report says the administration will move immigration lawyers into the DOJ to "speed up" the process. [Reuters] * ChatGPT confesses to crime that it didn't commit. [Lowering the Bar]

By Above the Law on May 22, 2026 9:01 am

* Michael Cohen says he’s applying to the DOJ slush fund. Let’s see how this plays out. [Daily Beast]

* Gibson Dunn and Davis Polk eye largest IPO in history — a $2 trillion valuation for a company that brings in about $15 billion a year. Who doesn’t love a 130x valuation? [Bloomberg Law News]

* Tom Goldstein hires Elizabeth Prelogar. So he knows he’s heading for an appeal. [Law360]

* If it seems like Todd Blanche has reoriented the whole DOJ around delivering illicit gifts to Trump, it’s because he has — and it’s why he’s going to keep his job. [Politico]

* Company turns over its outside counsel engagement process to an AI bot. What could go wrong? [Roll on Friday]

* New report says the administration will move immigration lawyers into the DOJ to “speed up” the process. [Reuters]

* ChatGPT confesses to crime that it didn’t commit. [Lowering the Bar]