Covington & Burling has secured a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from closing out Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s remaining $77 million federal grant. “RFE/RL has demonstrated […]
Jenner Wins TRO Against Trump Executive Order
Jenner & Block won a temporary restraining order (TRO) late Friday barring parts of an executive order issued against the law firm this week. U.S. District Judge John […]
Associates Are Organizing Protests in Face of Big Law’s Silence, Concessions to Trump Administration
In the days since Paul Weiss brokered a deal with President Donald Trump, some associates have grown frustrated with the actions by the New York firm and silence […]
Covington & Burling Win TRO Restraining Trump Administration in Funding Row
Covington & Burling has secured a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from closing out Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s remaining $77 million federal grant. “RFE/RL has demonstrated […]
‘This Is an Embarrassment:’ In-House Attorneys Dismayed by Paul Weiss’ Trump Deal
On Sunday afternoon, Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp sent a 1,600-word email to the firm’s more than 900 lawyers explaining why it had bent to President Donald Trump’s […]
As Trump Intensifies Battle Against Big Law, How Law Firms Regard Each Other Under the Microscope
Each week, the Law.com Barometer newsletter, powered by the ALM Global Newsroom and Legalweek brings you the trends, disruptions, and shifts our reporters and editors are tracking through […]
Trump Dealt Blow to FTC’s Stature With Purge of Democrats, Ex-Commissioners Say
President Donald Trump’s firing of the Federal Trade Commission’s two Democratic commissioners Tuesday was not only legally risky, veteran observers of the agency say, but also may diminish […]
Covington & Burling Represents Media Nonprofit Seeking TRO Against Trump Administration
Covington & Burling, representing a nonprofit global news outlet, has filed a motion seeking to force the Trump administration to restore and disburse an $85 million federal grant […]
Paul Weiss’ Deal With Trump Raises Fears, but Some Praise ‘Practical Solution’
A day after President Donald Trump announced that Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison chair Brad Karp had agreed to a deal to rescind an executive order, the […]
Skadden Associate Resigns Over Big Law’s Tepid Response to Trump Pressure
Rachel Cohen, the third-year finance associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom who’d been one of the rare voices in Big Law to attach her name to […]