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(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)* Ron DeSantis announces that he wont allow Trump to be extradited to New York. Welcome to the phase of American decline wher

* FINALLY. Firm leaders willing to come right out and say that

* Ron DeSantis announces that he won't allow Trump to be extradited to New York. Welcome to the phase of American decline where Florida is basically Somalia. [Politico] * Speaking of DeSantis, some more on the Disney fiasco with a nice pull quote! [LA Times] * And now more on the Trump situation... Elie Mystal explaining that statutes of limitations are a thing. [The Nation] * Wells Fargo to pay $98 million in sanctions for deals with Iran, Syria, and Sudan. The wrongdoing began in predeces...

* SEC seeks $200 million in real money to deal with enforcement problems caused by fake money. [Law360] * We noted in our coverage of the Disney-DeSantis battle that Trump was going to roast this guy for embarrassing himself in a land deal. A Trump PAC has already started. [CNN] * Law schools growing antsy over new USNWR rankings after they yanked their data from the process. The elite schools will still be the elite schools, but even if there's not much change, what does it mean when we al...

* Idaho planning to criminalize interstate travel to procure legal services in another state. If only the Constitution said something about states fully and faithfully crediting the laws of other states. [Huffington Post] * Most firms aren't worried about taking a profit hit last year. Which probably should make everyone a little more leery of the firms rushing to layoffs. [American Lawyer] * Madison Square Garden's ludicrous policy banning all attorneys adverse to the venue -- and any...

* Mayday mayday! Georgia prosecutor has until May 1 to respond to Trump effort to quash grand jury report. Or, in other words, Trump has inadvertently set May 1 deadline for Georgia prosecutors to level charges. [Reuters] * Hold onto your hats, but a commodity with the word "crypto" in the title might have tried to hide from legal oversight. [Bloomberg Law News] * FTC looks to make it harder for companies to ensnare consumers in difficult to leave subscriptions, which is an immensely p...

* "This is our third major financial crisis," said Sullivan's Mitchell Eitel describing his experience weathering the legal fallout of economic troubles. Remember the 50 years where we didn't have major bank collapses? Maybe we were all onto something. [Bloomberg Law News] * Supreme Court to hear more argument about law banning speech about illegal immigration and practically deployed to surveil journalists. [Courthouse News Service] * "Utah governor: Social media law li...

(Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty)* NY prosecutors signal that Donald Trump is about to be indicted. Its probably a misdemeanor for falsifying records to bribe Sto

* NY courts get another bomb threat amid Trump probe. [Law360] * And this goes a long way in explaining why the jury in the E. Jean Carroll civil suit against Trump will be anonymous. [National Law Journal] * Arbitrators want more diversity but can't seem to get it. Maybe because it's hard to improve diversity among adjudicators without building a more diverse profession as a whole. [Bloomberg Law News] * Someone else made this point already, but the Fifth Circuit now simultaneously ma...

* SCOTUS digs into parody Jack Daniel's dog toy, "Bad Spaniel's." Personally, I'm a Barker's Bark man. [Bloomberg Law News] * Johnson and Johnson also ask Supreme Court to save them from the consequences of their own actions. [Reuters] * White & Case sues client for unpaid fees. If you're trying to stiff a vendor, it's ill-advised to stiff the one who can sue you for free. This has been my TED Talk. [American Lawyer] * While everyone focuses on an indi...