* Ashurst and Perkins Coie conform to merger. [Financial Times]
* Legislation corporations who pushed again in opposition to Trump bullying win joint Legislation Agency of the Yr award. [American Lawyer]
* The chaser to the above shot: ABA considers repeal of variety normal. [Law.com]
* Justice Division will try to dig into Epstein’s connections to Democrats as government furiously tries to deflect scrutiny from Trump’s involvement. [Reuters]
* DOJ finalizing deal to provide $50 million in taxpayer cash to Michael Flynn to apologize for prosecuting him for a criminal offense he pleaded responsible to committing. [ABA Journal]
* Lawyer who served in Ulysses Grant cupboard admitted to the New York bar.[Fortune]
* SMU Legislation professor Charles Hosch has been lacking since Tuesday. [CBS News]
