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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

SCOTUS – The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to wade into a clash over the secrecy of Donald Trump's financial records, as the president's lawyers urged the justices Thursday to stop a Manhattan grand jury from acquiring eight years of his tax returns. Marcia Coyle and Mike Scarcella report that the petition is likely the beginning of a series of Trump-related cases expected to reach the high court in the coming months. In fact, a new federal appeals ruling in Washington late Wednesday—saying Trump's accounting firm must comply with a congressional subpoena—could land at SCOTUS by next week.

ALMIGHTY DOLLAR – For now, the nickname of 'Penn Law' remains in limbo while the school figures out how to acknowledge the $125 million from the W.P. Carey Foundation while simultaneously placating more than 1,000 students and alums unhappy with the "Carey Law" moniker. In the meantime, we're wondering who's next in the law school name game. As Karen Sloan reports, the practice of selling naming rights is growing more common among law schools, even within the so-called T-14. So how much would the likes of Harvard sell its name for?

WITNESS HISTORY -  House impeachment proceedings resume today with testimony from Marie Yovanovitch, the one-time U.S. ambassador to Ukraine whom Trump recalled from duty earlier this year. Yovanovitch, the third witness to testify this week, is represented by Lawrence Robbins of D.C.'s Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber. The private and now public proceedings have given substantial work to major U.S. firms, including Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer; K&L Gates and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Additional witnesses, including Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, are expected to appear next week.

ONGOING – Day 2 of jury deliberations are expected today in the Roger Stone trial. The longtime GOP insider and one-time adviser to President Trump is charged with obstructing the House's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is presiding over the trial.

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

GONE – Just weeks after being appointed, Linklaters' global head of alternative legal services has left the firm unexpectedly. Simon Lock reports that Mark Higgs, who joined the Magic Circle firm less than a year ago as chief operating officer of the firm's flexi-lawyering platform, Re:Link, had just been appointed to the new position of global head in October. According to a person at Linklaters, Higgs left the firm of his own volition.

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