The fallout: The death of Justice Scalia could doom former Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell challenge to his public corruption conviction, Politico reports. “Scalia was considered among the most receptive justices to McDonnell’s argument that his conviction on corruption charges improperly relied on the kind of favors that are commonplace on the American political scene,” reporter Josh Gerstein writes. WAMU has more here.

Growth outlook: “Law firm profit growth in 2015 averaged roughly 4.5 percent, according to an analysis by Citi Private Bank’s Law Firm Group. Will partners view their bank accounts as half full or half empty?” Gretta Rusanow and Andrew Godwin of Citi Private Bank write at NLJ affiliate Am Law Daily.

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