Solo practitioners, former government litigators and small law offices stepped up to help challenge the Trump administration’s agenda in court after the White House sought to punish many big firms.
Category: Presidential Power (US)
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Tariff Ruling Gives Businesses Hope, but They’re Soon Unmoored Again
Companies welcomed a court decision striking down President Trump’s tariffs. Then a stay of that ruling left no one breathing easy.
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Karen Dunn and Other Top Lawyers Depart Paul Weiss to Start Firm
They are leaving a few months after Paul Weiss cut a deal with the White House to avoid an executive order that would have restricted its business.
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Trump Administration Wrongly Impounded Infrastructure Aid, Watchdog Finds
The findings appeared to inch the government closer to a constitutional showdown, as President Trump increasingly looks to claim expansive powers over the nation’s purse strings.
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Federal Reserve Plans to Cut 10% of Its Staff
In an internal memo to staff on Friday, Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, said the institution would offer a voluntary deferred resignation program.
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100 Days of Trump Style
In this administration, looking the part is crucial to playing the part.
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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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Trump’s Tariff Reversal Calms Some G.O.P. Nerves, but Questions Linger
Most Republicans welcomed the unexpected three-month pause on several of President Trump’s tariffs, but some want more clarity about the president’s end game and more power for Congress over trade.