Trump’s deals with Big Law are shakedowns in ‘pro bono’ clothing

Trump’s deals with Big Law are shakedowns in ‘pro bono’ clothing

The settlements Trump has struck to date have nothing to do with the type of honorable pro bono work the legal profession embraces.

Law firms’ deals with Trump betray rule of law

The rule of law is the cornerstone of our democracy. It is what separates us from dictatorship. Lawyers have a special responsibility to uphold that rule. Like all lawyers, that is what I signed up for on the very first day I was admitted to the bar, when I took an oath to defend the Constitution and the rule of law it so nobly enshrines. President Trump has recently targeted several of the nation’s most prominent law firms with executive orders…

Law Firms Made Deals With Trump, Now He Is Demanding Even More

Numerous Big Law Firms struck pathetic deals with Donald Trump to provide tens of millions of dollars of free services to his chosen causes and promise to do away with their internal DEI practices. You know, hate-filled defenses of things that they would never normally do. Some of the firms include Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, DC Firm Cadwalader, Paul, Weiss and even Skadden, Arps. I guess they th…