Above the Law

* Update from the Paul Manafort trial: Rick Gates admitted... everything in testimony yesterday. He admitted he helped Manafort under-report income, create fake loans, and hide foreign accounts. Oh, and he says he did it all "at the direction of Mr Manafort." [CNN]

* HSBC to pay $765 million to end the Department of Justice's investigation into its mortgage securities business that was initiated after the financial collapse.[Law360]

* In a bid to combat its financial woes, the ABA is decreasing the cost of membership. They hope this will encourage more attorneys to become members. The organization has seen a 4 percent drop in membership in 2018 from 2017. [Law.com]

* Jeff Sessions has committed the DOJ to fighting U.S. District Court Judge John Bates's order that the government reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. [Slate]

* New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood is going after the Department of Labor for not responding to her FOIA requests. [New York Law Journal]

* The campaign of Georgia Democratic congressional candidate Steven Foster has hit a bit of a snag -- the former emergency room doctor has been convicted of driving under the influence. [Law and Crime]