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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How Trump Is Putting Law Firms in a No-Win Situation

As Willkie Farr & Gallagher learned, cutting a deal with the White House can avert a financially punitive executive order. But doing so can draw internal rebukes and external criticism.

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Another Law Firm Braces for Possible Blowback From Trump

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft balked at having one of its partners represent Donald Trump in his criminal cases. Now the firm is among those that have been pushed to agree to a deal with the White House.

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Top Senate Democrats Want Epshteyn to Address Pay-to-Play Allegations

The chairmen of the Finance, Judiciary and Banking Committees demanded answers from a Trump lawyer accused of soliciting payments from potential administration nominees.

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Democrats Ask That Trump Cabinet Picks Produce Communications With Epshteyn

The two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said prospective nominees should be prepared to testify about any discussions with Boris Epshteyn about their selections.

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Trump Replaces His White House Counsel Before He Even Started the Job

The shake-up is a sign that the new administration may see the same chaos and infighting that so often plagued President-elect Donald J. Trump’s first term in office.

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