– The Senate unanimously approved elevating U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Brookman to a U.S. district court judgeship in the Southern District of Indiana.
– New York federal court employee Dionisio Figueroa and a private defense lawyer Telesforo Del Valle Jr. have been charged with trading client referrals for bribes, prosecutors said.
– U.S. law firm Latham & Watkins has hired Simon Pritchard from Linklaters as an antitrust partner in London.