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* Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a little worried about President Trump’s flair for hyperbole, saying that Trump should never “walk into that room with” special counsel Robert Mueller, because when you make “false statements to federal agents, that’s a crime, that can send you to jail.” [The Hill]

* This is not an April Fools’ joke. On April 1, Foley & Lardner finalized its Tex-Mex merger with Gardere Wynne Sewell. We repeat, this is not an April Fools’ joke. Foley will maintain its headquarters in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Best of luck to the combined firm! [Texas Lawyer]

* Long Island Judge Robert Cicale was arrested after allegedly breaking into a former intern’s house to steal a pair of her panties. At his arraignment, he admitted that he’d done it before, and in his confession, he said “he has urges to steal women’s underwear.” We’ll have more on the alleged panty thief later. [NBC New York]

* According to a new report by Fairfax Associates, law firm mergers are set to meet (or perhaps beat) 2017’s record. Twenty tie-ups have been completed in 2018 thus far, with another 13 announced mergers set to close later this year. [American Lawyer]

* New York firm Morrison Cohen recently launched the “MoCo cryptocurrency litigation tracker,” a tool investors can use to monitor when doing due diligence on crypto assets. There are currently 63 cases in the U.S., and some of the industry’s biggest players have been named as defendants. [Brave New Coin]

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* How would a Gingrich VP run impact Dentons? Because Gingrich getting a 4-month vacation is the most pressing question about the Trump ticket at this point. [The Am Law Daily]

* North Carolina enacts legislation to keep police cam footage out of the public record in a move that isn’t a cynical cover up effort at all. [ABC 11]

* International arbitration panel rules against China’s claims to South China Sea territory. It’s like that apocryphal story about Andrew Jackson saying of John Marshall “let him enforce it” if Andrew Jackson was armed with nuclear weapons. [Huffington Post]

* The Department of Justice is going to bat to protect the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule as plaintiffs beg judge to take a bat to the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule. [The National Law Journal]

* In a pending gender bias suit, Bank of America denies having a “Bro’s Club” culture. I’m fuzzy on the regulations, but I’m pretty sure in that statement BofA just forfeited its status as a “bank.” [Law360]

* Did you know prison laborers are planning to go on strike on September? Me neither, but there you go. [Occupy]

* Straightforward review of the CFTC’s proposed Regulation AT aimed at the practice of automated trading. [Morrison Cohen]

* University of Houston Law Center professor and former dean Stephen Zamora died last week. He was 72. [UH Law Center]