+ A look at Lisa Cook's legal bills.

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The Afternoon Docket

The Afternoon Docket

A weekly newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw

 

By Caitlin Tremblay

What's going on this week?

International applicants are pulling back from U.S. law schools, private equity is still knocking on law firm doors, and clerkships are getting even more competitive as grads start “stacking” them. Oh—and Rhode Island just joined the AI rulemaking party, adding to the growing playbook for how lawyers can (and can’t) use the tech.

Plus, the latest lawyer moves in this week's Career Tracker. 

Fed's Cook spent $1.2 million on legal services fighting firing by Trump

 

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Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, who is fighting an effort by President ‌Trump to fire her over mortgage fraud allegations she says are untrue, disclosed on Thursday almost $1.2 million in legal ⁠services payments as her case has made its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The payments, including $696,346 to the State Democracy Defenders Fund and $477,951 to Contina Impact, were noted in ‌an ⁠updated annual financial filing to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

 

Industry updates

  • U.S. law schools see sharp drop in international applicants
  • Venezuela retains Greenberg Traurig for U.S. court case against Crystallex
  • U.S. judge steps aside from DOJ's Georgia voter rolls case amid misconduct scandal
  • DOJ attorney avoids discipline as Rhode Island court criticizes ICE's actions in immigration case
  • Study finds law grads are 'stacking' judicial clerkships, curtailing opportunities for others
  • Small private equity firm inks another law firm investment deal
  • Legal AI startup Eve hit with patent infringement lawsuit
  • U.S. judge denies legal fees to groups that fought Trump immigration rules
  • Rhode Island joins states issuing AI rules for lawyers
 
 

Career Tracker

In New York:

Executive compensation partner Linda Barrett left Simpson Thacher for Paul Weiss … Sidley hired global finance partner Sumita Ahuja from Wachtell … Cadwalader added finance partner Robert Hayes from Morgan Lewis … Financial services litigation partner Craig Haughton joined Thompson Coburn from Morgan Stanley Wealth Management … Fund transactions partner Zhiyan Cao moved to Simpson Thacher from Debevoise & Plimpton … Milbank added tax partner Stuart Alter from Akin … DLA Piper hired private equity partner Kevin O’Mara from Willkie … Labor and employment partner Steven Nevolis joined Thompson Hine from Ellenoff Grossman & Schole … Greenberg Traurig added litigation partner Curtis Leitner from McCarter & English … Orrick added structured finance partner Victor Liang from Morrison & Foerster.

In D.C.:

K&L Gates added former DOJ digital currency counsel Sanjeev Bhasker as partner in its public policy practice … Health regulatory partner Margaux Hall moved to Gibson Dunn from Ropes & Gray … BakerHostetler added tax partners Richard Slowinski and Stefanie Kavanagh from Alston & Bird … Former senior DOJ trial counsel Susan Carney Lynch joined BCLP as a healthcare litigation partner … Dykema added financial services litigation partner Brent Procida from Venable.

In Los Angeles:

Davis Wright Tremaine added employment partner Emilie Woodhead from Winston & Strawn … Employment litigation partners Jennifer Jambor-Delgado, Leslie Joyner and Alexander Spellman moved to Jackson Lewis from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani … Insurance partner Diana Winfrey moved to Hinshaw & Culbertson from Selman Breitman.

In Houston:

Bracewell added oil and gas transactions partners Kevin Brophy and Ming Lei from Winston & Strawn … Energy and infrastructure partner Denny Lee moved to Simpson Thacher from Latham.

In London:

Corporate partner Sarah Pearce moved to K&L Gates from Hunton Andrews Kurth … Orrick added structured finance partner