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Fearing Trump, Some Law Firms Decline Pro Bono Immigration Cases
Hours after Donald J. Trump was sworn in for a second term, he issued an executive order laying the groundwork for mass deportations of…
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Trump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms
President Trump is planning to announce new deals with several of the nation’s top law firms requiring them to offer legal support for…
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Top Pro Bono Leader Resigns from Paul Weiss, a Firm Hit in Trump’s Crackdown on Big Law
The leader of the pro bono practice at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is resigning from the law firm, within weeks of the elite…
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Another Law Firm Braces for Possible Blowback From Trump
As a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Wall Street’s oldest law firm, Todd Blanche had represented people close to President Trump…
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More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump
More than 500 law firms on Friday threw their support behind some of their embattled peers, declaring that President Trump’s recent…
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In Trump’s Fight With Perkins Coie, the Richest Firms Are Staying Quiet
They are among the nation’s richest law firms, and they employ some of the most loquacious litigators. But with their industry under…
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Trump’s Attacks on Big Law Firms Have
It is a cornerstone of American democracy, enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution: People have the right to challenge the…
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Trump Suffers Day of Losses in His Retribution Campaign Against Law Firms
The Skadden Arps deal suggests negotiating may be getting more costly. Paul Weiss said it would provide $40 million in pro bono work,…
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Law Firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders
The nation’s legal profession is being split between those that want to fight back against President Trump’s attacks on the industry and…
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Big Law Splinters Under a Trump Onslaught
No Kumbaya moment President Trump has opened a new front in his attack on Big Law. On Tuesday, he signed an executive order that targeted…
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At Paul Weiss, Panic, Poachers and a Fight for the Bottom Line
President Trump’s executive order attacking Paul Weiss and severely restricting that law firm’s ability to represent its clients was…
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Trump, Big Law, and an “Existential Crisis”
The president’s clash with some of the nation’s biggest law firms appears to be far from over, potentially splintering the legal community…
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The Nonprofit Caught in the Fray of Trump’s Attacks on Big Law
In the process of attacking big law firms this week, the Trump administration hinted at another potential target: a decades-old nonprofit…
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Paul Weiss Deal With Trump Faces Backlash From Legal Profession
Some lawyers said the deal was driven by profit. Others said it was enabling autocracy. One said the move had prompted her to quit her…
Business
Robert Denham, Lawyer Who Steered Companies Through Crises, Dies at 79
Robert E. Denham, a mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer who was known for parachuting into imperiled companies and splintered board rooms and…
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Paul Weiss Chair Says Deal With Trump Adheres to Firm’s Principles
The chairman of Paul Weiss sought to reassure employees at the giant law firm that the deal it reached with President Trump was consistent…
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Law Firm Bends in Face of Trump Demands
Last week, a federal judge in Washington ruled that a subsequent executive order Mr. Trump signed targeting the law firm Perkins Coie,…
Business
Samuel Butler, Lawyer Who Helped Create Corporate Giants, Dies at 94
Samuel Butler, a Midwesterner who became a top figure of the Wall Street legal world, advising on transformative takeovers and leading…
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Doug Emhoff to Return to Corporate Law
The latest guessing game in Washington is where former Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, might go next. Half…