Wake Up Call: Crowell & Moring and Herrick Talks Have Ended

• The 440-lawyer firm Crowell & Moring and 132-lawyer Herrick Feinstein, which were said last December to be talking about a merger, said the talks have gone nowhere. ( BLB )

• BLB recently talked to Scott Wallace, co-chair of the Wallace Global Fund, about the fund’s decision to fire Morgan Lewis & Bockius as its outside firm because of its work for Trump. Wallace said: “Even the most despicable people have a right to an attorney.” But he felt this was “different,” contending that the firm’s role in representing Trump went over the line because it supported his use of public office for personal ...