* Biglaw thinks Trump’s next administration will be good for business. I guess they missed the part where his economic czar Elon pledged to crash the economy as part of the plan. [National Law Journal]
* We’re already talking about Supreme Court shortlists as though it’s not just the loudest mouths from the Fifth Circuit. [Law360]
* Remember polio? That was fun, right? [Bloomberg Law News]
* Jack Smith preparing to drop criminal cases against Trump before the new president has to pardon himself and potentially put a controversial constitutional question to the test. [ABA Journal]
* American lawyers in London report working 13-hour days. Which… is that not how all of Biglaw works anymore? [Fortune]
* Good news for the heroin trade, as Trump seems likely to turn the SEC over to the crypto industry. [Cointelegraph]
* What happens with Trump’s state law issues now? [Courthouse News Service]