* Maduro’s legal team anchored by Julian Assange’s lawyer. [NY Law Journal]
* Meanwhile, the DOJ just dropped its claims that Maduro ran the “Cartel de los Soles” after acknowledging that it’s not even a real group. Exactly the sort of airtight prosecution you’d expect to see before killing 40-80 people to make an arrest. [NY Times]
* Chamber of Commerce will get an expedited appeal on challenge to Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee. [Law360]
* Alan Dershowitz wants the Supreme Court to overturn Sullivan to bail out his case against CNN. [Reuters]
* Florida Supreme Court kills proposal to let state government lawyers practice without taking the bar exam. [ABA Journal]
* George Conway announces congressional bid. [ABC News]
* Marc Elias writes the encapsulation of 2025 in “Big Law Walks Away From Democracy.” [Democracy Docket]