Trump, Paul Weiss and Executive Order
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The lawsuits filed by Jenner & Block and WilmerHale highlight how some elite firms are willing to fight President Trump’s campaign targeting those he doesn’t like, while others have cut deals to appe...
From The New York Times
U.S. ethics disclosures made public on Friday from some of President Donald Trump’s top legal nominees, including the lawyer to lead the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, offered a glimpse at comp...
From Reuters
The executive order, which mirrored other recent directives targeting big law firms, asked federal agencies to suspend security clearances and review or terminate government contracts with the firms ...
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A U.S. judge temporarily blocked key parts of Donald Trump's executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block on Friday - calling parts of it reprehensible and disturbing - even as another firm, Skadden Arps,
Fears that competitors could take its top rainmaking talent added to the law firm’s worries about a Trump executive order that targeted it.
The Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom law firm will provide $100 million in pro bono work to the Trump administration to avoid an executive order punishing it for allegedly weaponizing the legal system against conservatives.
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order targeting major law firm Jenner & Block Friday. Judge John D. Bates, an appointee of former President George W. Bush,
I don’t have a large budget for outside counsel, but I definitely won’t be spending it with law firms who don’t stand up for themselves in the face of injustice," Ray Everett, general counsel for health care at TopCon Corp.
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A client of Paul Weiss has fired the U.S. law firm in a criminal case in New Jersey, citing U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order that targeted the firm over its political clients and its internal diversity policies.
Paul Weiss, one of the two major law firms targeted by president Donald Trump, capitulated with a meaningless agreement rather than fight the blatantly unconstitutional executive order in court.
WilmerHale and Jenner & Block say Trump's executive orders targeting Big Law are unconstitutional and harm their business.
A major firm facing the potential loss of clients has agreed to support certain White House initiatives with pro bono work.