The Trump administration has deployed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its effort to seek retribution against corporate law firms.
Category: Legal Profession
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Why Big Law Firms Aren’t Standing Together Against Trump’s Assault
The arms race for talent seems to have made collective action, within and between firms, nearly impossible.
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Five More Big Law Firms Reach Deals With Trump
Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.
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Top Pro Bono Leader Resigns from Paul Weiss, a Firm Hit in Trump’s Crackdown on Big Law
Steven Banks, a former head of New York’s social services department, said he wanted to return to defending the rights of the homeless. But he leaves within weeks of the elite firm striking a deal with President Trump.
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How Trump Is Putting Law Firms in a No-Win Situation
As Willkie Farr & Gallagher learned, cutting a deal with the White House can avert a financially punitive executive order. But doing so can draw internal rebukes and external criticism.
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Jenner & Block, Law Firm Targeted by Trump, Files for Permanent Relief
The firm called the president’s executive order against it “a plain violation of the First Amendment.” WilmerHale is expected to file its own action opposing the administration.
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Another Law Firm Braces for Possible Blowback From Trump
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft balked at having one of its partners represent Donald Trump in his criminal cases. Now the firm is among those that have been pushed to agree to a deal with the White House.
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More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump
The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.
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Milbank Is the Latest Law Firm to Reach a Deal With Trump
Milbank, based in Manhattan, agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono legal services to causes supported by the president and the firm.
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As Smaller Firms Back Perkins Coie’s Fight With Trump, Largest Ones Shy Away
None of the nation’s top-10 firms by revenue have signed a legal brief demonstrating support for the law firm that is resisting an executive order.
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Elite Law Firms’ Deals with Trump Decried by Their Associates
The discontent does not appear to be resonating with leaders at Paul Weiss and Skadden, but it could hamstring their recruitment efforts.