Wake Up Call: Vance’s Yale Class Raises Haitian Immigrant Funds

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• More than 50 former Yale Law School classmates of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance spent Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate donating money to a fund for Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, raising more than $10,000. Some donors said the contributions were an effort to repair part of the damage the Trump-Vance campaign — and Vance himself — caused by spreading false rumors that migrants were stealing and eating pets. (The New York Times)
• Jeffery M. Leving, a Chicago fathers’ rights attorney, has been suspended for charging unreasonable fees of more than $443,000 in eight cases, some of which involved no more than three months of work. Some of his practices that increased client fees included 18-minute increment billing, four-lawyer client meetings, and two-lawyer court appearances. (ABA Journal)
• Critics of a proposal to eliminate the terms “race and ethnicity” from the American Bar Association’s law school accreditation rules say the removal will hobble longstanding efforts to bring in diverse students and faculty. The proposal has been opposed by the Law School Admission Council, the Society of American Law Teachers, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and a coalition of 44 law school deans. (Reuters)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Pablo Doñate joined Jones Day as a partner in its global disputes practice in Madrid.
• Candice Nichol joined McDermott Will & Emery as a partner in its tax practice in London.
• Marcellin Mbwa-Mboma joined K&L Gates in its tax practice in Houston. He joins from Ernst & Young.
• Kristian Bradshaw joined Hunton Andrews Kurth as an energy and infrastructure partner in Tokyo. He joins from White & Case.
• Stephen Snyder joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in its business litigation practice group in Washington. He joins from Steptoe.
• Edward Christian joined Smith, Gambrell & Russell as a partner in its corporate practice. He joins from Eversheds Sutherland.