The legal world is mourning Judge Richard Posner, whose death marks the loss of one of the most influential American jurists and legal scholars of his era. His passing leads a docket that also includes law firm financial disclosure, corporate liability questions and proposed state limits on immigration enforcement near schools.

Posner’s career and influence were the subject of a [New York Times report](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/us/richard-posner-dead.html). Widely recognized for his scholarship as well as his judicial work, he leaves a legacy that extends across the study and practice of American law.

In the business of law, Simpson Thacher will withhold its financial information, the [Financial Times reports](https://www.ft.com/content/31fe2e2d-630d-47c6-b747-54d4310ebf79?syn-25a6b1a6=1). The decision adds the firm to the discussion over how much of their financial performance major law firms should disclose.

Another development in the legal industry involves Skadden, which has hired dealmaking partners from Weil with experience in private equity, sports and intellectual property, according to [Bloomberg Law](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/skadden-hires-weil-private-equity-sports-ip-deals-partners). The move brings practitioners working across several areas of corporate transactions to the firm.

Meanwhile, [Reuters examines](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/could-huang-nvidia-companys-board-be-held-liable-over-affair-scandal-2026-11-11/) the potential legal implications of the controversy involving Nvidia. Among the questions under consideration is whether Chief Executive Jensen Huang, the company or its board could face liability.

Immigration enforcement is also drawing attention from state lawmakers. States are considering legal checks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity involving schoolchildren, [NPR reports](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/12/nx-s1-5718547/ice-schools-state-laws-federal-immigration). The debate puts state policy and federal immigration authority in focus in a setting of particular concern to families and educators.

In Texas, [KUT looks at](https://www.kut.org/politics/2026-11-12/texas-supreme-court-criminal-appeals-democratic-judges-republicans) how Democratic judges could change the state’s judicial system, including its highest courts. The report examines the significance of partisan control in a state where Republicans have held sway over the judiciary.

Elsewhere, former football coach Rex Ryan was arrested in connection with an incident in which pedestrians’ feet were run over, according to [TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2026/11/11/rex-ryan-arrested-for-hitting-pedestrians-running-over-feet/).