SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT

Microsoft Drops Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Law Firm

The tech giant instead engaged a firm that is fighting the president’s executive orders, Jenner & Block, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients.

By Noam Scheiber

A&O Shearman Civil Rights and Liberties Diversity Initiatives Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Hiring and Promotion KIRKLAND & ELLIS Latham & Watkins LLP Legal Profession SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT Trump, Donald J United States Politics and Government

Trump Administration Deploys EEOC in Fight Against Law Firms and DEI Efforts

The Trump administration has deployed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its effort to seek retribution against corporate law firms.

By Jessica Silver-Greenberg Matthew Goldstein and Kenneth P. Vo

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Executive Orders and Memorandums JENNER & BLOCK KIRKLAND & ELLIS Legal Profession Milbank LLP Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Perkins Coie LLP Presidential Power (US) SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Susman Godfrey LLP United States Politics and Government WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Trump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms

Four or five firms could soon agree to deals that would be unveiled as a package, in an escalation of the president’s crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire.

By Ben Protess Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt