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.
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.
"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.
"It is very unlikely that courts—including, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court—would permit a local state criminal trial to proceed against a sitting president or even against a president elect," Public Interest Law Prof. John Banzhaf wrote.
"While the issues of what's in the best interest of an investor will continue to be important, we won't see as much energy put behind trying to expand those obligations beyond the regulatory frameworks that already exist," said Jennifer Klass, a partner at K&L Gates.
