Microsoft Boots Trump Capitulator Simpson Thacher, Awards Business To Jenner & Block - Above the Law

Microsoft Ditches Law Firm That Cut Deal With Trump — And Hires White House Adversary

Court documents showed Microsoft has hired Jenner & Block to replace Simpson Thacher in a lawsuit over its $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft Boots Trump Capitulator Simpson Thacher, Awards Business To Jenner & Block - Above the Law

Well, well, well. When Biglaw firms started swearing fealty to the Trump administration, the justifications their defenders offered fell into two major buckets. First, that the millions of dollars in pro bono payola they put on the table would be feel good charity work for the benefit of, to quote them at the time, “a wide range of underserved populations.” Those of us who were not born yesterday recognized this as very stupid, and were quickly …

Microsoft drops a law firm that appeased Trump, hires firm that’s fighting Trump

Law firms that struck deals with the White House thought it'd protect their bottom line. But what if their assumptions were wrong and the opposite is true?

Microsoft Drops Simpson Thacher Amid Trump Pro Bono Deal Fallout — A Watershed Moment for Biglaw

As the political landscape increasingly entangles with the legal profession, Biglaw firms are making unprecedented choices—some with dire consequences. One of the most striking developments of 2025 is Microsoft’s decision to drop Simpson Thacher & Bartlett from a major antitrust case, replacing the firm with Jenner & Block, a firm currently in active litigation against the Trump administration. This move sends a powerful message about where soph…

In a case related to its Activision acquisition, Microsoft dropped a law firm that settled with Trump in favor of a firm that is fighting a Trump EO

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