Democrats Investigating Law Firms Over Work for Trump’s Commerce Dept.

In letters to the firms, the lawmakers suggested “that the administration’s coercion of your law firm may be ongoing and escalating.”

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Law Firms That Settled With Trump Are Pressed to Help on Trade Deals

Boris Epshteyn, a personal lawyer for President Trump, connected two firms — Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden Arps — to the Commerce Department.

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Trump Allies Look to Benefit From Pro Bono Promises by Elite Law Firms

Veterans, in particular, are seeking free legal work from firms that cut deals with the White House like Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Weiss.

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Fearing Trump, Some Law Firms Decline Pro Bono Immigration Cases

Fearing the wrath of President Trump, some elite law firms are declining pro bono work on lawsuits challenging the administration’s policies.

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Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them.

To avoid retribution, big firms agreed to provide free legal services for uncontroversial causes. To the White House, that could mean negotiating trade deals — or even defending the president and his allies.

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Five More Big Law Firms Reach Deals With Trump

Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.

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Trump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms

Four or five firms could soon agree to deals that would be unveiled as a package, in an escalation of the president’s crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire.

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Jenner & Block, Law Firm Targeted by Trump, Files for Permanent Relief

The firm called the president’s executive order against it “a plain violation of the First Amendment.” WilmerHale is expected to file its own action opposing the administration.

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A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President Trump

Law firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.

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More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump

The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.

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