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(175,025 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2025, 05:53 PM Jun 2025

Law firms targeted by Trump are on a winning streak against him

trump's attacks on law firms are really weak legally and have failed when challenged

Law firms targeted by Trump are on a winning streak against him

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Law firms targeted by Trump are on a winning streak against him https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5326564-federal-courts-block-trump-orders/ Posted by D-R-AZ
— Conflicts (@conflicts.bsky.social) 2025-06-01T14:45:18+00:00

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5326564-federal-courts-block-trump-orders/

Federal courts have handed a series of resounding victories to the law firms fighting back against President Trump’s targeted executive orders, a sharp rebuke of his retribution campaign against them.

Three judges, appointed by presidents of both political parties, forcefully struck down orders this month aimed at limiting government contracts and access for Big Law firms Perkins Coie, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block.

The early wins underscore the legal system’s ability to withstand the Trump administration’s pressure test, and have led some in the legal community to take shots at other elite firms that struck deals with Trump to avoid punishments.

Federal courts have handed a series of resounding victories to the law firms fighting back against President Trump’s targeted executive orders, a sharp rebuke of his retribution campaign against them.

Three judges, appointed by presidents of both political parties, forcefully struck down orders this month aimed at limiting government contracts and access for Big Law firms Perkins Coie, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block.

The early wins underscore the legal system’s ability to withstand the Trump administration’s pressure test, and have led some in the legal community to take shots at other elite firms that struck deals with Trump to avoid punishments.

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Law firms targeted by Trump are on a winning streak against him (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 OP

The real story is what becomes of the chickshits who capitulated to Trump? Bluetus Jun 2025 #1

So Good to hear! Mahalo, LMPV! Cha Jun 2025 #2

Law firms that gave into the White House's demands thought they were making a wise business decision. They're now learni LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #3

K&R UTUSN Jun 2025 #4

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #5

Glenn Kirschner-Companies are moving their business away from law firms that caved/capitulated to Trump, LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #6

Bluetus

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1. The real story is what becomes of the chickshits who capitulated to Trump?

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Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:33 PM

Jun 2025

There are anecdotes about the chickenshits losing big clients because, well, who wants to pay $1000/hour for a lawyer that doesn't have a bit of fight in him or her?

Likewise, there are anecdotes about these chickenshit firms losing partners for the same reasons.

But so far, these seem to be just anecdotes. It would be nice to see some real investigative journalism here. I'd love to think the chickshits are paying a big price for their cowardice, but why knows?

Cha

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2. So Good to hear! Mahalo, LMPV!

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Sun Jun 1, 2025, 07:51 PM

Jun 2025

LetMyPeopleVote

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3. Law firms that gave into the White House's demands thought they were making a wise business decision. They're now learni

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Mon Jun 2, 2025, 05:55 PM

Jun 2025

Law firms that gave into the White House’s demands thought they were making a wise business decision. They’re now learning otherwise.

Law firms that appeased Trump confront the consequences of their misjudgment - MSNBC

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— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2025-06-02T20:19:48.422Z

To date, four firms — Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie, Susman Godfrey and WilmerHale — chose the latter course, and at least so far, they’re undefeated in court. As The New York Times noted after WilmerHale’s latest victory, “The ruling seemed to validate the strategy, embraced by a minority of firms, of fighting the administration instead of caving to a pressure campaign and making deals with Mr. Trump to avoid persecution.”

Those in the appeasement camp have had far less to celebrate. The Wall Street Journal reported:

Support for the law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing inside the offices of corporate executives. At least 11 big companies are moving work away from law firms that settled with the administration or are giving — or intend to give — more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals, according to general counsels at those companies and other people familiar with those decisions. ... In interviews, general counsels expressed concern about whether they could trust law firms that struck deals to fight for them in court and in negotiating big deals if they weren’t willing to stand up for themselves against Trump.

The Journal’s report, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, added that the firms that cooperated with the White House’s offensive are confronting the awkward realization that their strategy backfired: “The agreements were supposed to buy peace and allow the firms to move on, but in the weeks since they have caused rifts between partners, alienated some younger associates and created problems with some longtime clients.”.....

With this in mind, NBC News reported about a month ago that a progressive group has launched a media campaign targeting the same firms that reached deals with the president.

‘Big law, stop bending the knee,’ reads a poster from the ‘Big Law Cowards’ campaign by the liberal nonprofit group Demand Justice. The group says the ads will be wheatpasted strategically around Washington on Thursday near the locations of the firms that have reached deals with the administration. The group will also have a mobile billboard circulating with ads criticizing the firms, along with a broader digital campaign.

In case this isn’t obvious, the underlying point of these efforts isn’t to chastise the firms for making the wrong decision; it’s to remind those firms that it’s not too late to reverse course and join the ranks of the firms resisting Trump’s gambit.

Will any of the firms abandon their existing deals? If one firm does it, will others follow? Watch this space.

UTUSN

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4. K&R

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Mon Jun 2, 2025, 06:12 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

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5. This made me smile

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Tue Jun 3, 2025, 03:19 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

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6. Glenn Kirschner-Companies are moving their business away from law firms that caved/capitulated to Trump,

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Wed Jun 4, 2025, 08:21 AM

Jun 2025

Several companies are moving their business away from the law firms that caved & capitulated to Donald Trump, saying if those law firms can't fight for themselves, how can they be expected to fight for their clients. One corporate executive said, "we like law firms that don't run from a fight."
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner.bsky.social) 2025-06-04T12:46:15.057Z

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