According to a recent Associated Press analysis of Federal Election Commission records, the political fundraising machine led by former President Donald Trump may be in breach of US campaign finance regulations. The operation is said to have used donor money to pay nearly $37 million to more than 60 law firms and individual lawyers since January 2022. Reportedly, the funds were sent to legal advisors dealing with various matters for the Republican presidential frontrunner in 2024 by Trump’s Save America political action committee.
Boies Schiller Flexner, along with other major law firms such as Kirkland & Ellis, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, have pledged to match up to $2,000 any donations made this year by their staff to Israeli relief efforts. This initiative came after an Oct. 7 terrorist attack that killed roughly 1,400 people in Israel. The firms have supposedly begun their own fundraising campaigns, as reported by Bloomberg Law and The Lawyer.
Furthermore, the New York University School of Law has initiated an investigation to see if Ryna Workman’s statement in an online newsletter breaches its policies against discrimination and harassment. Workman, the former law school student association president, had blamed Israel for an assault by Hamas militants. Following her remarks, Winston & Strawn withdrew a job offer to Workman. This incident has led to other law students’ views on the conflict coming under scrutiny, as reported by Reuters.
In other news, a District of Columbia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by ex-general counsel of Major League Soccer’s DC United, Christopher Deubert, against the club’s co-chairman and CEO Jason Levien. The case was related to allegations of tax fraud. Saint Park, representing Levien, highlighted the victory in a public statement, as reported by Business Insider.
This daily update of top legal news was originally reported in Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call.