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The U.S. Supreme Court takes up TikTok's fate in the U.S. at a hearing today that pits free speech rights against national security concerns over the short-video app owned by China-based company ByteDance, our colleagues Andrew Chung and John Kruzel write. TikTok and ByteDance will challenge a law passed last year on a bipartisan basis in Congress and signed by President Joe Biden that would compel the sale of the social media platform by Jan. 19 or impose a U.S. ban on it. Jones Day's Noel Francisco will argue for TikTok, facing off against U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar. O'Melveny's Jeffrey Fisher, who co-leads Stanford law school's Supreme Court clinic, will argue for TikTok creators. The dispute goes before the high court at a time of growing trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies and just 10 days before Donald Trump is due to begin his second term as president. Trump asked the court to block the looming ban. |
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- New York will use a new version of the bar exam for lawyers' admission to practice starting in July 2028, a key endorsement of the new test that legal educators have been awaiting from the state with the most bar examinees.
- Skadden opened an office in Abu Dhabi's ADGM, following other companies that have set up shop in the oil-rich emirate's thriving financial center in recent years.
- U.S. prosecutors are seeking a 16-month prison sentence for Kelly SoRelle, a top lawyer for the Oath Keepers militia group who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.
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That's the legal fee cut at the heart of a pair of new lawsuits tied to a Blue Cross Blue Shield $2.7 billion antitrust settlement. A trio of small law firms claim Louisiana-based Pendley, Baudin & Coffin never paid them their dues from Pendley's portion of a $667 million fee award allocated to the more than 30 plaintiffs' firms in the case. David Thomas and Mike Scarcella have more on the wrangling. |
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- Former New York mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is due in federal court in D.C. as U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell decides whether to hold him in contempt for continuing to speak about two Georgia election workers he defamed following the 2020 election. Andrew Goudsward has more on the hearing.
- Former senior McKinsey partner Martin Elling is expected to appear in federal court in Virginia, to plead guilty to obstructing justice by destroying records concerning the consulting firm's work for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. McKinsey said it will pay $650 million to resolve charges over advice it provided Purdue on how to "turbocharge" sales of its addictive opioid painkiller.
- A U.S. judge in Ohio will weigh an effort from Goodyear and other manufacturers to dismiss claims that they conspired to overcharge consumers and businesses in the multibillion-dollar market for replacement tires.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- DLA Piper added Nick Sheets as a partner to its investments funds practice in Palo Alto. He joins from Morrison & Foerster. (DLA Piper)
- Commercial litigator Christopher Thatch joined McGuireWoods as a partner in D.C. He was previously at Jones Day. (McGuireWoods)
- Blank Rome hired Stephen Koval as a partner in its corporate, M&A and securities group in New York. He joins from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, where he was co-head of the firm's global private equity practice. (Blank Rome)
- Eversheds Sutherland added Alexander Choinski as an energy partner in Houston. He joins from Hunton Andrews Kurth. (Eversheds Sutherland)
- Clark Hill added two lawyers to its environmental and natural resources group in Boulder, Colorado. Gabe Racz joins as a member and Justine Beckstrom joins as senior counsel, both from Vranesh and Raisch. (Clark Hill)
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The U.S. cannabis industry stands at a crossroads. Despite near universal acceptance of medical marijuana and growing acceptance of adult-use cannabis at the state level, federal legalization hasn't happened yet. Now, as Trump is poised to return to office, Alexander Malyshev and Sarah Ganley of Carter Ledyard & Milburn take a look at what the cannabis sector can expect in the years ahead. Read today's Attorney Analysis |
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