Paul Hastings

* At Paul Hastings the client is always right and they’ll move mountains for them… potentially including pushing past conflicts. [Corporate Counsel]

* Could the reports of its death be greatly exaggerated? Shearman posts tidy Q1 M&A haul. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Shaq served in FTX suit after initially avoiding process servers. How did they miss him? [Cleveland.com]

* If Dominion and Fox delayed the trial to talk settlement, that seems to have fizzled with jury selection on deck this morning. Perhaps there’s still more public embarrassment to dole out after all. [Reuters]

* In light of the horrific Yarl shooting, the local paper tries to explain that the law doesn’t allow people to just try to murder anyone who comes to the door. Which is true, but highlights the problem with these broad self-defense laws… they make ginned up gun nuts think they can and you can’t really put the toothpaste back in the tube when they act on that misinterpretation. [Kansas City Star]

* Second time’s the charm: new NY Chief Judge pick rolling through the process. [NY Times]

* EY to cut 3000 jobs after spinoff failed. [Law360]

* British researchers determine that defendants opting to take their oath on non-religious texts are more likely to be convicted. So I guess you’re better off lying under oath that you’re religious? That seems sub-optimal. [LegalCheek]

* Senior associate says the quiet part out loud when it comes to the Biglaw workload. [American Lawyer]

* Dominion can make Rupert Murdoch testify at trial in yet another, “just give them a billion dollars and spare yourselves” development. [Reuters]

* Fifth Circuit panel rejects GOP state government effort to overturn Biden environmental laws. They’d better not go to Vegas because they must have the worst luck in the world to land a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit unwilling to arbitrarily stymie the Biden administration. [Law360]

* Diploma mills fight back against student loan forgiveness making their value proposition to students… even worse? These may not be the sharpest tools in the higher education shed. [Courthouse News Service]

* Reminiscent of all the Disney coverage lately, it seems as though the anti-ESG movement is long on state lawmakers bragging and short on substantive action. [Bloomberg Law]