Report says Biglaw firms are more enthusiastic about merging this year. Shearman's wondering why y'all got to go rubbing salt on it. [Reuters] Goldman Sachs estimates that AI will replace 44 percent of legal tasks. Nice try, Goldman. You're not getting a 44 percent discount on those bills. [Legaltech News] The court system is a little closer to keeping judges from magically transforming acquittals into prison time. [Bloomberg Law News] TIL they tried to impose a salary cap on esports players, but the federal government intervened. Not sure this is the urgent antitrust action we were all waiting for, but you do you. [Law360] Not entirely surprising, but the financial jitters slowing big deal work have prompted more mid-sized deals and consequently more work for the Am Law second 50. It's good to dominate the wading pool when everyone's scared of the waves. [American Lawyer] Apparently Gwyneth Paltrow's lawyer is an internet sensat