Donald Trump's second-term victory sparks optimism over his pro-business stance, while London's top partners expect global and domestic uncertainty.

The hotline received calls about long lines in several swing states, some of which were caused by software malfunctions of ballot-scanning machines. But officials said many reported issues were not out of the ordinary.

"For example," prosecutors wrote on Tuesday, "defendant on multiple occasions during trial asked his counsel when it was his turn to testify and also told his counsel that it was his 'ass on the line.'"

Speakers from various international organizations at the New York City Bar Association's "UN Summit of the Future: International Regulation of AI" webinar discussed whether global AI regulation is possible and what's holding it back.

"Most of our regulatory expertise at Latham sits in our East Coast offices," said Tad J. Freese, a Latham & Watkins California office managing partner.

Litigators do differ in their opinions on the impact of a decision that would give New York courts the ability to handle shareholder suits against foreign corporations.

A couple argued California law applied to the potential punitive damages against eBay, as all of the wrongful conduct stemmed from the company's headquarters in California. However, eBay argued Massachusetts law should apply, claiming allegations of surveillance, stalking, and vandalism occurred at the couple's home.

"One of the biggest issues is when the new general counsel and the executive leadership team are not aligned in their approach and decision-making," said John Gilmore, co-founder of the search and consulting firm BarkerGilmore.

Wiley Rein partner Stephen Obermeier said U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss "made the right decision" to deny a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee motion seeking preliminary injunctive relief in a lawsuit accusing Republicans of campaign spending violations.

"We think this is a very favorable resolution of misclassification and deduction claims under the Massachusetts Wage Act, which provides significant relief to the 47 class members involved," Olena Savytska of Lichten & Liss-Riordan said of the $795,000 settlement on behalf of delivery drivers misclassified as independent contractors.

A subset of sexual abuse accusers whose compensation is a key part of the plan and a group of Boy Scout insurers—have spent years challenging third-party releases that were made part of a global settlement.

Plaintiffs are unable to locate the "vast majority" of Giuliani's assets now under receivership, plaintiff's counsel says.

As they typically do on Election Day, the justices went about their business Tuesday by hearing oral arguments.

Judges said the court could turn to the statute's legislative history and other avenues to uphold the regulation even with Chevron deference gone.

These actions were just the latest in a long series of legal maneuvers, mostly by Paxton, that opponents allege is voter intimidation or constraints on voting rights.

A French judicial source said that the searches are part of a preliminary investigation opened in November 2022 on charges of "aggravated tax fraud and concealed work in an organized gang."

U.S. District Judge George H. Wu granted the defense's motion to dismiss claims alleging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act with leave to amend in a ruling published Oct. 29.

"A Trump administration would likely employ supply-side enforcement—focusing on workplace removals of unauthorized workers," Littler Mendelson shareholder Jorge Lopez told attendees of a roundtable titled "Election Outcomes and the Impact on Labor and Employment Law."

The U.K. M&A market rebound has been a boon for a handful of elite law firms, according to Law.com International research, with one firm proving especially prolific.

In a recent article and at his Oct. 23 speech at the New York City Bar Association, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York portrayed the U.S. Supreme Court as a relatively "conservative" branch of government that has long stood athwart progressive legislation.