The new law firms being founded to fight Trump

'Daily public spanking': Lawyers critical of Trump's handling of top firms fight back

Above the Law — a combative legal news site known for breaking stories about law firm bonuses and offering sharp, irreverent takes on the legal world — has evolved into a rallying point for attorneys critical of President Donald Trump's influence over their profession, the New York Times reported Sunday. Since Trump's efforts to retaliate against prominent law firms for representing clients or causes he disapproves of, the site has become a plat…

The new law firms being founded to fight Trump

A new wave of law firms founded to meet the legal needs of civil servants and government critics is emerging in Washington as the industry responds to the first months of President Donald Trump’s administration. Veteran litigators and former government attorneys have begun announcing the formation of new law firms aimed at representing individuals targeted by the president and government employees impacted by mass layoffs across the federal work…

AbovetheLaw Exposes Big Law’s Billion-Dollar Capitulation AbovetheLaw Exposes Big Law’s Billion-Dollar Capitulation

How Trump’s Pressure Campaign Sparked a Legal Industry Uprising Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor When President Trump unleashed a barrage of executive orders targeting America’s most powerful law firms, the legal world was thrown into turmoil. Nine of the nation’s largest firms, facing threats of revoked security clearances and canceled federal contracts, agreed to provide […] The post AbovetheLaw Exposes Big Law’s Billion-Dollar Capitul…

While Some in Big Law Question the Value of Legal Blogs, What They Fear Most Isn’t the Media—It’s the Voice of a Legal Blogger

It’s ironic that while many large law firms question the impact and value of legal blogs, it’s a legal blog they fear more than the mainstream media. Read Sunday’s coverage of the legal blog, Above the Law, in The New York Times. As to large law firms who settled with the Trump Administration as to Executive Orders, Fueled by a stream of inside-the-conference-room exclusives, Above the Law delivers a daily public spanking to what it calls “The …