Wake Up Call: First AI Law Firm Garfield Earns Court Win in UK

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

• Garfield AI, the first AI law firm to receive regulatory approval in the UK, won a court case. Believed to be the first court win for an AI lawyer, the case was over unpaid fees for a freelancer and resulted in the court awarding £7,000 to the claimant. (Financial Times)
• In a push to increase law students’ AI knowledge, BARBRI has purchased AI training platform, Lega. The companies plan to create AI workshops and simulations focused on real legal issues. (Legal Cheek)
• The conflict between President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court has burst into public view, with Trump attacking the justices, including his own nominees, in increasingly caustic and personal terms. Many legal experts believe the justices will rule against Trump on several key upcoming issues. (Washington Post)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Carter Olson joined Clifford Chance as a partner in its finance and derivatives practice in Houston. He joins from Vinson & Elkins.
• Austin Lee joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a partner in the M&A Group within the Corporate Department in Houston. He joins from Bracewell LLP
• Darshak Dholakia joined Winston Taylor as chair of the firm’s international trade practice and partner in the investigations and white collar defense practice in Washington, D.C. He joins from McDermott Will & Schulte.
• Pang Zhang-Whitaker joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in the corporate and securities practice group in New York. She will serve as chair of the firm’s capital markets and securities practice-Asia Pacific. She joins from Carter Ledyard & Milburn.
• Cameron Kates joined Dentons as a partner in its corporate practice in New York. He joins from Yuga Lab.
• Dallin Wilson joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough as a partner in its Boston office. He joins from Seyfarth Shaw.
• Todd Matras joined Loeb & Loeb as a partner in its finance department in New York. He joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
• Patrick Lafferty joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel as a partner in its technology intellectual property litigation practice in Washington, D.C. He joins from King & Spalding.
• Michael Schneidereit joined Gibson Dunn LLP as a partner in its business restructuring and reorganization practice in New York. He joins from Jones Day.
• Thomas Geraghty joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its tax, executive compensation, and benefits practice group in Chicago. He joins from Vedder LLP.
• James R. Burns and Brant K. Brown joined O’Melveny LLP as financial services regulatory partners in the Washington, D.C. office. They join from Cleary Gottlieb LLP.
• Brian Miner joined Paul Hastings as a partner in its private equity practice in New York. He joins from Dechert.
• Lila Hope and Jennifer Raab are joining Sidley LLP as partners in its life sciences practice in the Bay Area, the firm announced on Monday. They join from Cooley.