Wake Up Call: Honigman Seeks US Lawyers for New Israel Branch

In today’s column, the Republican National Committee won’t pay for Donald Trump’s legal costs related to the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid, a report says; Russian bank VTB hired new counsel for its defense in a federal lawsuit; and West Coast-founded Buchalter launched a franchise law group.

• Leading off, Detroit-founded Honigman said it is launching an Israel subsidiary for which it has already recruited five attorneys from several Big Law firms. It said it’s seeking “US educated and licensed attorneys who desire to relocate to Israel while maintaining sophisticated US transactional and specialist practices at US scaled compensation.” (American Lawyer) ...