* DLA Piper prevails in former associate's pregnancy discrimination case. [ New York Law Journal ] * Perkins Coie and Ashurst partners approve merger. [ Bloomberg Law News ] * Client AI use could drive up legal fees. [ Financial Times ] * Anthropic GC predicts that AI will finally defeat the billable hour. [ Corporate Counsel ] * Biglaw tax lawyer pursues Guinness record by completing marathon dressed as Captain Underpants. [ Legal Cheek ] * D.C. Circuit tells government they've got some 'splaining to do about how the FTC's probe into Media Matters amounts to anything but a political attack. [ Law360 ] * Court tosses Trump's defamation suit against Wall Street Journal . [ Reuters ] The post Morning Docket: 04.14.26 appeared first on Above the Law .