US EditionTrump’s Legal Hit List Grows
- The Chairman of Paul, Weiss, Brad Karp reached out to Donald Trump to negotiate terms to avoid an executive order affecting the firm's ability to represent clients before the federal government.
- Karp proposed condemning former partner Mark Pomerantz during meetings with Trump and his advisors.
- In exchange for dropping the executive order, the firm agreed to do $40 million in pro bono work for causes supported by Trump.
- Legal experts expressed disappointment, stating that the firm’s deal undermines the legal profession's integrity and duty to stand against government overreach.
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Real Clear PoliticsThe Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law
Trump’s actions are an attempt to tilt the scales of justice by using the raw power of government coercion—and they’re working.
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Trump’s Legal Hit List Grows
Playbook: “The Trump administration’s efforts to chill opposition among the elite legal class are working. Even before the Paul, Weiss deal, lawyers at major law firms in New York and Washington were struggling to find ways to collectively push back against the Trump administration’s efforts to punish disfavored law firms, which began with Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie.” “Trump’s deal with the firm spurred phone calls and text messages ac…
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