Wake Up Call: Trump Appoints Lawyer to Review Mergers

• President Trump on Monday named Makan Delrahim, a former government antitrust enforcer and corporate lobbyist, to lead the Justice Department’s review of mergers and acquisitions. Delrahim is a deputy counsel to Trump, joining his team from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. ( New York Times )

• The U.S. Supreme Court grappled over whether to upend a quarter-century of practice and limit where patent infringement lawsuits can be filed. The justices heard arguments in a case that could end the reign of the Eastern District of Texas, which handles more than a third of all patent suits in the U.S. ...