Nvidia has turned to Wachtell Lipton to investigate its chief executive’s relationship with an alleged Chinese intelligence asset, according to [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/business/nvidia-wachtell-lipton-jensen-huang.html). The inquiry involving Jensen Huang leads a morning docket crowded with disputes over legal ethics, government enforcement and the courts’ political direction.

In New Jersey, ethics officials have brought charges against Alina Habba over a nondisclosure agreement controversy, the [Washington Sun](https://www.washingtonsun.com/legal/new-jersey-judiciary-complaint-alina-habba-mildon) reports. Separately, a judge removed a Justice Department attorney from a case after finding a “deliberate attempt to mislead the court,” according to [Just Security](https://www.justsecurity.org/163989/judge-bars-doj-attorney-thomas-price/).

The Justice Department is also confronting internal pressure over its approach to the administration’s agenda. A department official told U.S. attorneys to resign if they were “not prepared for full-on battle and to obey the administration’s orders,” [Bloomberg Law](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-official-urges-wartime-footing-warns-of-us-attorney-firings) reports.

At the Securities and Exchange Commission, the number of enforcement actions fell 22 percent last year, continuing a decline in the agency’s caseload, according to [Law360](https://www.law360.com/articles/2548672/sec-reports-continued-decline-in-enforcement-actions). The drop adds another data point to the debate over federal enforcement priorities.

On the civil litigation front, a U.S. judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC can proceed, [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-says-trumps-10-billion-bbc-defamation-case-can-proceed-2026-11-10/) reports. The decision keeps the case alive; it does not resolve the underlying claims.

A separate criminal case ended without a verdict after jurors could not agree on whether a man’s emails to Judge Breyer amounted to a true threat. The judge declared a mistrial, according to [Bloomberg Law](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/mistrial-declared-for-man-accused-of-threatening-in-judge-breyer).

The midterm elections are also prompting questions about the direction of the judiciary. [Slate](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/11/supreme-court-2026-election-kavanaugh-shuffle.html) examines whether the Supreme Court may be shifting subtly toward the center in response to the election results. In Texas, the incoming chief justice wants to restore an American Bar Association accreditation requirement, [Bloomberg Law](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/texas-next-top-justice-wants-to-return-to-aba-accreditation) reports.

Finally, a Virginia county is seeking the return of $3.4 million it gave to the Appalachian School of Law, according to the [ABA Journal](https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/virginia-county-wants-3.4-million-back-that-it-gave-appalachian-school-of-law).