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Critics said the firm’s decision would only embolden Mr. Trump to go after more firms he views as having helped his political enemies or causes he rejects.
From The New York Times
Either cut a deal with him to protect their billion-dollar businesses, or sue him to assert their right to continue representing clients as they please.
From Bloomberg L.P.
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Big Law firms often lend expensive legal firepower to civil liberties organizations suing the government. Trump doesn't like that.
The deal has similar conditions to Trump’s deal with Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. According to Trump’s Truth Social announcement, Milbank has agreed to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal services to causes that both Trump and Milbank support.
Big Law firms are "absolute machines" at completing mergers and acquisitions, but there's one area where the Big Four can win, Stuart Bedford told BI.
The President has two goals: to seek revenge and to intimidate lawyers challenging his agenda. Is a top firm’s deal with him a necessary act of survival or a damaging blow to the entire profession?
WilmerHale and Jenner & Block laid bare the existential risks Donald Trump’s orders pose as the law firms rushed into court to stop the president.
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A Heritage Foundation-linked group is seeking to leverage President Donald Trump’s torrent of executive actions against law firms to get free legal help for conservative causes.
At Morgan Lewis, a direct quote from the firm’s chair, Jami McKeon, was modified to remove the word 'diversity' from a line that promotes the firm's "earnest and purposeful effort to forge an inclusive and collaborative culture", while leaving the rest of the statement unchanged.
The president has attacked law firms for “frivolous” litigation. But his actions could undermine the basic right of Americans to sue their government.