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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

JUDGED - Richard Gates, the former Paul Manafort associate and Mueller cooperator, is set to be sentenced today in D.C. federal trial court. Gates, represented by Sidley Austin's Thomas Green, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors after admitting to a raft of offenses, including financial fraud and lying to investigators. Prosecutors are not opposing a sentence of probation, although Judge Amy Berman Jackson will have the final call on Gates' punishment.

VIABLE? Looks like at least some of the gender discrimination claims in the $200 million lawsuit against Jones Day could get tossed, Jacqueline Thomsen reports. Judge Randolph Moss in D.C. federal court hinted Monday that he agreed with the reasoning of the attorney for the law firm who argued that plaintiffs counsel had failed to include publicly available information to support—or not—claims that male associates at Jones Day are disproportionately promoted to partner compared with female associates.

RUDY'S GUY – Prosecutors in Manhattan are set to ask a federal judge today to jail Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas ahead of a planned trial on criminal campaign-finance violations, arguing that they've discovered more than $1 million previously undisclosed payments from Russian and Ukrainian sources.

THE REAL THING - Who will be the next top lawyer at Coca-Cola? As Phillip Bantz reports, the beverage giant is searching for a new legal leader for the first time in nearly a decade as Bernhard Goepelt, 57, plans to step down early next year. Goepelt began his career at Coca-Cola in 1992, when he was hired as legal counsel for the company's German division.

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EDITOR'S PICKS

Former Littler Associate Who Went Missing Died After Car Crash

Lawyers See AI-Powered Document Review as Superhuman, But With Limits

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

LAUNCHED – Brazilian law firm Pinheiro Neto Advogados has expanded with a new office in Tokyo—the first major firm from the South American country to do so. John Kang reports that the office is headed by partner Yuka Ono, who focuses on banking, project finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. Before joining Pinheiro Neto in 2013, Ono practiced at Gibson Dunn for two years. Several international firms have opened offices in Tokyo in recent years, including Mayer Brown; Debevoise; and King & Spalding.

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WHAT YOU SAID

"We aren't trying to bribe people to come here."

—  Neal Manne, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey, on the announcement of the firm's year-end associate bonuses, which range from a median bonus of $120,000 for first-year associates to a median bonus of $235,000 for most senior associates.

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