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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

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BAD REP? - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear arguments this morning over whether former Penn State general counsel Cynthia Baldwin failed to properly represent vice president Gary Schultz and athletic coach Tim Curley before the grand jury investigating convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky. Baldwin is accused of neglecting to notify her clients of a conflict of interest with the university, Max Mitchell reports. The Supreme Court Disciplinary Board recommended in March that Baldwin be publicly censured, but the ultimate decision is up to the justices themselves.

PIERCE BURNED-BRIDGE - Recently, we've seen more and more attorneys returning to law firms they worked for earlier in their careers after spending years and even decades away. It's reassuring to realize that sometimes you really can go home again. Other times, however, you're Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht and ex-partner Don Lewis, who, it's probably safe to say, do not have a heartwarming reunion in their future. As Jack Newsham reports, the firm and Lewis have upped the acrimony ante in their ongoing feud with dueling filings in New York and California courts, in which Lewis says he has learned that key evidence against him is weaker than previously described and Pierce Bainbridge accuses Lewis of putting on a "litigation soap opera."

CELL OUT - If President Trump spent the weekend fielding crank calls asking if the White House refrigerator was running, he now knows who to blame: a joint pretrial memorandum from federal prosecutors and Roger Stone's defense team, filed Friday evening, may have accidentally revealed the president's cellphone number, Jacqueline Thomsen reports. The filing was subsequently (and quietly) replaced, but by then the damage may have already been done for POTUS, who no doubt had to spend hours waiting around at the mall while his new iPhone was set up. Bummer.

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EDITOR'S PICKS

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Wells Fargo: Law Firm Growth Slowed, but Signs Point to 'Healthy' 2019 Purdue, Other Opioid Companies Will Face Public Nuisance Claims at Trial

Andrew Finch Rejoins Paul Weiss Antitrust Team After DOJ Stint Survival of the Fittest: As Baby Boomers Retire, NY Bar Associations Face Harsh Realities

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

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GOING PUBLIC - Fieldfisher has launched a French public law practice with the hire of four lawyers, including Gowling partner Emmanuel Paillard, Hannah Langworth reports. Paillard, who will be the office's head of public law, is a construction specialist whose record includes advising on legal aspects of the design, financing, construction and operation of projects such as the Marseille Vélodrome stadium, France's new Ministry of Defence, Paris's new Palais de Justice, and a high-speed train network in the Alsace region.

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WHAT YOU SAID

"It isn't just a matter of billing hours and looking at documents. You need to think you're making the world a better place to live. If you don't, you'll get burned out very quickly."

—  STEPHEN ZACK, MEMBER OF BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER,  ADVISING YOUNG LAWYERS ON HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL—AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HAPPY—IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION

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