Capitulating To Trump Seems To Be A Sore Subject For Lawyers At Firms That Capitulated To Trump - Above the Law

"It's been a little over six months since Donald Trump fired off a retaliatory executive order threatening to shut down Paul Weiss's ability to do business as a global law firm, which the firm immediately followed with sycophantic groveling. Paul Weiss offered the administration $40 million in free legal services - ostensibly for conservative-friendly charities - but we've since learned that they've taken on a role papering up work for the Commerce Department in a questionably legal arrangement."

"Over the weekend, an account explicitly named after Paul Weiss and the other firms who signed onto cowardly deals with the administration to avoid plainly illegal retaliation, engaged with a prominent Paul Weiss partner and got immediately blocked. No one should expect a partner to publicly throw the firm under the bus. At least not until they've sketched out an escape plan."

"But the firm's role as the White House's Groom of the Stool hasn't sat well with everyone. And while some departed to less compromised shores, others have just hoped we'd all stop talking about it. Over the weekend, an account explicitly named after Paul Weiss and the other firms who signed onto cowardly deals with the administration to avoid plainly illegal retaliation, engaged with a prominent Paul Weiss partner and got immediately blocked."

Donald Trump issued a retaliatory executive order threatening to shut down Paul Weiss's ability to operate as a global law firm. Paul Weiss responded by offering $40 million in free legal services, nominally for conservative-friendly charities, and later undertook work for the Commerce Department under a questionably legal arrangement. Some lawyers departed the firm, while others stayed and tried to minimize public attention. A social media account named for Paul Weiss and other firms that struck deals with the administration engaged a prominent Paul Weiss partner and was immediately blocked. The block generated a Streisand Effect that amplified criticism.

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