Marriott was back before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit hoping to dismantle a district judge's order that certified a class of hotel guests impacted by its 2018 data breach.

While dismissal of the case was seen as unlikely, observers said Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan would be disinclined to impair the president-elect from discharging his duties.

"Phishing scams targeting lawyers with official-looking documents are on the rise," said a Texas attorney who was targeted this week.

The directive for discovery is based on the supreme court's conclusion that the case as it stand is severely underdeveloped.

On the verge of a forthcoming expansion to the U.S., Avantia CEO and founder James Sutton describes its offerings and its reasons for coming to New York.

In "Daly v. Danone Waters of America," the court determined that the plaintiffs' claims were preempted by federal regulation.

Alex Gendzier, who joined Seyfarth Shaw earlier this year as a partner in its capital markets practice, said his motivation was very personal so his son would have something to guide him when he got out of the military.

"We're not just looking to research AI and other areas, we're looking to actually embrace it and lead out front with it," said Jared Kaplan, Lowenstein Sandler's new chief innovation and information officer.

Personnel in Big Law were far more enthusiastic about the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency, according to campaign finance records. But firm leaders are bullish about the upcoming Trump presidency.

"We have thought in detail about where and when we sue, and on what grounds," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. "The most important thing to know is we're ready."

Under a better deal market, law firm lateral movement in corporate practices, such as private equity, funds, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, will likely pick up.

Canada's innovation minister cited unspecified national-security risks as the reason for telling Chinese-owned TikTok to dissolve its business in the country.

"The notion that your client doesn't have any knowledge of where his assets are is farcical," U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman of the Southern District of New York told Giuliani's lawyer, Kenneth Caruso.

Vice Chancellor Paul A. Fioravanti Jr.'s opinion stated language in one section of the digital media company's charter doesn't apply to the conversion based on Delaware precedent, marking a win for attorneys at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Latham & Watkins.

"I just want my money back," said Derek Khanna, who holds several roles and side hustles, including head of policy and general counsel for the Bitcoin Advocacy Project.

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"I would expect there'll be less aggressiveness. This administration has been hyper-aggressive. Even if you dial it back to a normal level, that'll be a change," corporate governance expert Charles Elson said.

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Being barred from practice for five years is career-ending for most lawyers, one ethics attorney said, adding that he believes suspension is a more appropriate punishment for lawyers who qualify for reinstatement.

"If he doesn't do anything radically different than what he did his first term, we're probably not looking at any tectonic shift in how the outlook is for law firms in the United States," said FisherBroyles founder Kevin Broyles.