Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel. In a recent legal development, Alina Habba, one of former President Donald Trump’s defense attorneys, has reached a settlement with a former waitress at Trump’s Bedminster golf club in New Jersey. The woman had accused Habba of tricking her into signing an illegal non-disclosure agreement intended to keep her silent about alleged sexual harassment incidents. More details can be found on Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call.
In other news, UK law firm Mishcon de Reya has increased salaries for its newly qualified lawyers by over 5%, bringing the total to £95,000 ($125,000). Additionally, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll have been awarded $102 million in legal fees for their work on a $580 million settlement related to accusations of major banks conspiring to curb competition in the stock lending market, as reported by Reuters.
On the lateral moves front, Baker McKenzie & KL Partners Joint Venture Law Firm has bolstered its tax practice in Korea with the addition of John Kwak and Doug Suh. Jeff Schieber has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough as a partner in its litigation practice group in Chicago, moving from Taft Stettinius & Hollister. Real estate specialist Benjamin Kirschner has moved to Honigman in Chicago from Sidley Austin. Finally, trusts and estates lawyers Debra Rahmin Silberstein and Michael Bannister have joined Rubin and Rudman in Boston from Burns & Levinson.