Law Firms That Caved to Trump Suddenly Lose a Lot of Big Business [View all]
At least 11 large companiesincluding Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, and Oracleare cutting ties with law firms that caved to President Trumps threats of political retribution, according to The Wall Street Journal.
General counsels for multiple companies told the Journal that the law firms willingness to cut deals with the president, rather than stand up for themselves, greatly eroded their confidence in the ability of those firms to represent them in court or in high-pressure negotiations.
Massive law firms that work on lucrative contracts, like Paul, Weiss, Kirkland & Ellis, and others, struck deals with the Trump administration after he aimed six executive orders at them, removing clearances, building access, and government contracts from firms he thought were attacking him. The law firms capitulated, offering billions of pro bono work to the Trump administration, allegedly in the name of protecting their clients and their contracts.
But multiple lawyers at each firm think that their leadership shouldve put up a tougher fight. One staffer told the Journal she felt physically ill upon hearing of Paul, Weisss sellout to Trump. Some younger lawyers have even quit over these deals, as one associate at Simpson Thacher said in his exit email that he would not sleepwalk toward authoritarianism.
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