White & Case's big partner class, Trump PAC legal bills

White & Case named their largest partner class in five years, The American Lawyer reports. Nineteen of the new partners are based in the US, the firm's largest US class since 2022. Bloomberg Law reports Ashurst Perkins Coie hired a Bracewell energy and finance senior counsel in Houston, where Ashurst Perkins Coie doesn't have an office.

On the business side, Federal Election Commission filings show the Save America leadership PAC paid Sullivan & Cromwell $1.5 million in the third quarter and DLA Piper $667,000. A former associate charged in a federal insider trading case filed a motion in Massachusetts federal court to subpoena Sidley Austin, Latham & Watkins and Goodwin Procter, the firms whose client files he allegedly misappropriated. Bloomberg Law reports top Justice Department officials halted a grand jury investigation of Meta after advocacy from Meta's legal team. That team includes Davis Polk & Wardwell, Kirkland & Ellis and Sullivan & Cromwell.