Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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.

By Matthew Goldstein

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

Executive Orders and Memorandums JENNER & BLOCK Legal Profession Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Perkins Coie LLP Presidential Power (US) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Suits and Litigation (Civil) Trump, Donald J

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.

By Matthew Goldstein

Executive Orders and Memorandums Legal Profession Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Perkins Coie LLP Presidential Power (US) Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Suits and Litigation (Civil) Trump, Donald J Verrilli, Donald B Jr

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.

By Ben Protess