Renee Knake Jefferson discusses ongoing legal ethics issues while working from London. She introduces a tracker for cases involving legal ethics, highlighting a key incident where President Trump issued a decree aimed at intimidating lawyers. This decree seeks to impose sanctions against those who pursue legal actions against his administration, reflecting a chilling environment for legal professionals. The article underlines a growing concern about the influence of political power on legal ethics and the implications for democracy.
President Trump broadened his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes with a new memorandum that threatens to use government power to punish any law firms that, in his view, unfairly challenge his administration.
The memorandum directs the heads of the Justice and Homeland Security Departments to 'seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation against the United States' or in matters that come before federal agencies.
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