Justice VanDyke decided to ask the Supreme Court for favors: of the slap-the-slap variety. Full Metal Briefing: Todd Blanche feared the DOJ would get “skull-kissed” by the courts. John Yoo’s Tortured Logic: Yoo tells Fox News that the DOJ should investigate Zohran Mamdani for thoughtcrime, which is as frightening as it is farcical. No merger, no problem: Linklaters is doing very well in terms of revenue, thank you very much. Process is process: Generative AI is ubiquitous in the legal industry, but when it comes to discovery, process trumps technology. Congress has some pointed questions for Skadden: Will they respond? Probably not! But this won’t necessarily make the problem go away.