The 150-year-old law firm fought the first Trump administration. Will its deal with the second stop it from fighting now?
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The head of law firm Paul Weiss sent a lengthy email to staffers defending the firm's negotiated deal with President Trump. It's not clear it worked.
Paul Weiss' chairman, Brad Karp, sent an email to employees on Sunday explaining why the law firm struck a deal with President Donald Trump last week.
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If a major, powerful and talented firm cannot fight Trump, with the law entirely on its side, it sets a terrible precedent that resistance is futile.
President Donald Trump expanded his attack on private law firms Friday, issuing an executive order that targets law firm Paul Weiss' contracts and its employees' security clearances. "The ...
Trump's pressure campaign — which lawyers and scholars say is an unprecedented threat to the legal community — shows no sign of letting up.
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Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp said in a letter to its lawyers and staff on Sunday that the Trump administration would not be "dictating" what free legal work the powerful Wall Street law firm would provide under a deal it struck with the White House last week.
Powerful Wall Street law firm Paul Weiss faced heavy criticism on Friday over a deal it struck with the White House to escape an executive order imperiling its business, even as some lawyers said the firm faced few other options.
NYU legal ethics professor Stephen Gillers says the specific promises in Paul Weiss’ agreement with Trump aren’t objectionable on close review, especially when weighed against the possibly existential cost of litigating.