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Attorney urges major law firm to resist Trump attacks in viral resignation letter

Attorney Brad Karp explained that concessions were made to avoid an executive order that threatened the firm's existence and its clients' contracts.
Brad Karp, chair of Paul Weiss, wrote that an executive order from Trump's administration posed an 'existential crisis' for their firm, threatening business survival and federal contracts with clients.

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Commentary: Big law must stop caving to Trump's demands

Big law firms that have offended President Donald Trump for representing a cause or client he doesn’t like are being forced to make a choice: Either cut a deal with him to protect their billion-dollar businesses, or sue him to assert their right...

6 days ago

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Raw Story

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'Acting like cowards': Blistering attack smacks major law firms for rolling over for Trump

In Donald Trump’s apparent war against America’s legal system, there is one big gun that could unleash a powerful fight back, a law professor argued Tuesday.And it’s doing nothing but sitting quietly on the sidelines.Deborah Pearlstein, the director of Princeton University’s Program in Law and Publi...

18 days ago·United States

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Legal profession is Trump’s latest target

After a major law firm caved to threats, the Trump administration put the industry on notice.

18 days ago·New York, United States

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An attorney explains why she's challenging her firm not to capitulate to Trump

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Rachel Cohen, who wrote that she was resigning from her major law firm if it would not stand up to threats from the Trump administration.

18 days ago·Washington, United States

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This is War, and We are Losing

Every day, every hour, every minute that Trump attacks America, he weakens the country. It is death by a thousand cuts. Many people, despite political persuasion, don’t feel it yet, but they are already bleeding. Trump has only been in office for eight...

19 days ago·United States

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Top US law firms react to Trump’s assault: Paul Weiss bows, Perkins Coie fights back

Two of the nation’s largest law firms are taking drastically different approaches to being targeted by President Donald Trump: acceptance and defiance.

19 days ago·New Delhi, India

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