Introduction: Legal Integrity Under Fire The American legal industry is facing a crisis of conscience. As former President Donald Trump’s administration intensifies its retaliatory campaign against ...

Five law firms, including Latham & Watkins and Kirkland & Ellis, have reached agreements with the Trump administration in ...

Navigating this morass requires a principled approach. Firms must champion their independence and articulate how it serves not one side or another but democracy itself, regardless of political ...

It was always about making money, but once upon a time, when I worked at Skadden, I thought I detected a soul. Skadden, Then and Now: Spooked by Trump, Big Law Firms Join the Big Grovel originally app ...

As most major law firms stay silent on U.S. President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the legal industry, some of ...

In the early part of his second term, President Donald Trump has taken action against individuals, law firms, private corporations, media companies and universities he regards as adversaries.

Skadden appears to have taken steps to prevent the internal ... in response to Skadden’s “pre-emptive acquiescence to pressure from the Trump administration.” At Paul, Weiss, Rifkind ...

Paul Weiss’ managing partner Brad Karp sent a similar internal email ... even though it had not done so in response to executive orders targeting other firms. We had tried to persuade other ...

according to an internal email from the firm’s chairman, Brad Karp. Advertising Support from fellow firms never materialized and some even sought to exploit Paul Weiss’ woes, Karp said.

In response to the firm’s deal with Trump ... The biggest problem, however, according to former Paul Weiss lawyers, is that even though Karp said in his internal email to staff that the firm had put ...