US EditionThe Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
- Starting in late winter 2025, the Trump administration implemented a series of executive directives targeting prominent U.S. Law firms, requiring them to comply with various legal and operational mandates.
- Trump blamed these firms for representing political opponents and allegedly weaponizing the legal system to block his agenda, prompting orders to revoke clearances and contracts.
- Several elite firms, including Paul Weiss and Latham & Watkins, made deals offering pro bono work to appease the administration, while others like Jenner & Block and WilmerHale legally challenged the orders.
- At least eleven major companies such as Morgan Stanley, Oracle, and McDonald's shifted legal work away from firms that complied with Trump, citing concerns over independence and trust.
- The conflicts raised questions about legal profession independence and suggest lasting impacts on corporate-law firm relationships based on firms’ responses to political pressure.
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K Street gets a Trump ‘fluent’ lobbying firm - Washington Examiner
The Trump White House is changing Washington far more than slashing departments, emptying out the bloated swamp bureaucracy, and putting opposition law firms on notice. It is also rewriting lobbying rules, largely ignoring K Street influencers with no connection to President Donald Trump or his team. That has opened the door for Trump-focused government affairs firms to hang a shingle, and former Trump Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announce…
Clients dump law firms that rolled over for Trump: 'Don't know how to fight'
Law firms tangling with President Donald Trump are being hit hard as their clients are reacting, a legal analyst said Monday.Trump went after several major law firms with executive orders that took action including barring them from winning government contracts or being cleared to work in federal bu...
German Bar Association Warns That Working With Yellow-Bellied Firms Could Violate Professional Codes Of Conduct - Above the Law
(Photo by Fran Santiago/Getty Images) “You’re welcome to do dealings with foreign governments when it makes sense, but don’t go accepting compromising deals as their agents or get knighted or something.” Not only is this some simple advice, it is echoed constitutionally in the emoluments clause! Now, was incorporating this sentiment in our supreme document enough to prevent Trump from accepting a $400M totally-not-a-bribe plane from Qatar or Jus…
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