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- Florida attorney David Oscar Markus represents clients across the political spectrum and is currently working to get his client, Ghislaine Maxwell, out of prison. He told Congress that Maxwell, the longtime accomplice of Jeffery Epstein, will cooperate with the House Oversight Committee’s probe into the disgraced financier if granted clemency. (Politico)
- James Burnham, a former DOGE lawyer and Jones Day partner, is representing Elon Musk’s xAI in a suit seeking to block a Colorado AI law that would impose risk mitigation measures on AI developers whose systems are used in areas such as housing, employment, and health care. (Reuters)
- Defunct law firm Nussbaum Lowinger and its debtor affiliate filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday in the Southern District of New York. The debtors, who shuttered in 2025, concentrated most of their funds into supporting a single client, who defaulted and left the group unable to fund existing real estate deals. The firm and its affiliate—a real estate firm based in Suffern, New York—were sued by creditors and former clients who alleged fraud, malpractice, breach of duties, and negligence. (Bondoro)
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