Hello and welcome to Maine Justice. It is Tuesday morning, but it's not really Tuesday morning

where I am, but it is Tuesday morning where you are. I'm on assignment. On assignment. Okay,

that's good one. I think we both go on assignment. But anyway, I'm on assignment. On assignment. Okay, that's good one.

I think we both go on assignment.

But anyway, I'm on assignment.

But you know what?

I'm still so tethered to what's going on because there's so much. But anyway, it is Tuesday morning somewhere.

Yes, where I am.

Where I am?

Yes.

And it is March 25th.

And I am talking to the great and wonderful Mary McCord,

who has been described as the Catherine Hepburn of podcasting, which is my favorite. I think we should

open the podcast every single week with that. That's what I think, yes. I'm down with that. And I know,

isn't that just the nicest thing?

It's our only, like, levity, because everything else we're going to talk about today pretty much

sucks. So there we go. That's the legal term, the technical legal term. You're right. This is one

where I was actually thinking about that. It's so much to talk about and it's serious. So let's go into it. We'll try and figure

out moments of levity. There's not a lot of fun and light. It's a little bit like fun and levity on

the Titanic. So, okay, what is on our dance card? So we will start out with the topic. We have

discussed a number of times, but it keeps getting

more serious, and that is the government's assault on law firms. I mean, since we covered this

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