Wake Up Call: Steve Bannon’s Former Law Firm Wants More Money

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

• Lawyers from Davidoff Hutcher & Citron want more money from ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon after a court ordered him to pay the firm $500,000 for previous legal work. Davidoff is asking the same court to force Bannon to cover the $66,000 it spent pursuing the breach of contract case against him. (New York Law Journal)
• Gibson Dunn has poached a team of lawyers from White & Case to launch a new office in Saudi Arabia. (The Lawyer).
• DLA Piper lawyer Robert Arinson was suspended from practicing law for a year after admitting to forging a witness signature on a mortgage document. Arinson, a UK real estate lawyer, reportedly lost his partner status and was moved to a consultant role pending the conclusion of a Solicitors Regulation Authority investigation. (Roll on Friday)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Missouri deputy attorney general Bill Corrigan will join Shook, Hardy & Bacon as managing partner of the firm’s St. Louis office.
• Ricardo Jackman has joined Morris Manning & Martin to chair its newly launched sports and entertainment practice in Washington, D.C.
• Christopher Tillson has joined Dentons as a partner with the venture technology and emerging growth companies practice in Miami.