Law Firms That Settled with Trump Pay a Price

Law Firms That Settled with Trump Pay a Price

Law.com: “Some in-house lawyers are quietly pulling work away from some law firms that have made deals with President Trump, citing their objections to such deals.”

Biglaw Firms Surrendering To Trump Furiously Backpedaling: 'LOL, What Pro Bono Deals?' - Above the Law

Remember when a handful of Biglaw firms committed tens of millions of dollars in pro bono promises to the Trump administration causes hoping to trade some benign charitable work for a reprieve from potentially devastating White House retaliation? BECAUSE THE FIRMS SURE DON’T! The firms involved — Paul Weiss, Skadden, Willkie Farr, Milbank, Kirkland, Latham, Simpson, A&O Shearman, and Cadwalader — thought they were so clever: do some free legal w…

'Complete independence': Law firms that 'caved' to Trump say they choose their own 'pro bono' clients

Bulwark Managing Editor Sam Stein says law firms that President Donald Trump pressed into doing pro bono work earlier this year won’t commit to Trump’s pro bono work. The firms are instead privately insisting that they are under no obligation to take on Trump’s pro-bono clients according to letters forwarded to The Bulwark from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).Earlier this year, Trump targeted certain law firms wit…

5 Big Law Firms Defend Their Deals With Trump, Explain ‘Independence’ on Client Matters

In responses to lawmakers, Kirkland, Cadwalader, A&O Shearman, Latham and Simpson leaders said their deals with Trump do not restrict the clients they represent or change their operations.

Trump’s Law Firm Deals Aren’t Working Out How He Hoped

Law firms that caved to Donald Trump are revealing they have ways to wriggle out of the deals.

Major U.S. Law Firms Defend Trump Agreements Amid Lawmaker Scrutiny

Five top U.S. law firms—A&O Shearman, Cadwalader, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Kirkland & Ellis—have publicly defended their controversial agreements with the Trump administration, insisting that their core principles and client independence remain intact. The firms issued their responses in letters dated April 28 to Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who had requested details about the…