* Ashurst and Perkins Coie agree to merger. [Financial Times]
* Law firms who pushed back against Trump bullying win joint Law Firm of the Year award. [American Lawyer]
* The chaser to the above shot: ABA considers repeal of diversity standard. [Law.com]
* Justice Department will attempt to dig into Epstein’s connections to Democrats as executive furiously tries to deflect scrutiny from Trump’s involvement. [Reuters]
* DOJ finalizing deal to give $50 million in taxpayer money to Michael Flynn to apologize for prosecuting him for a crime he pleaded guilty to committing. [ABA Journal]
* Lawyer who served in Ulysses Grant cabinet admitted to the New York bar.[Fortune]
* SMU Law professor Charles Hosch has been missing since Tuesday. [CBS News]
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