They have offered to do free work for the Trump administration. Since Trump has no respect for laws, what will they do when he asks them to defend something illegal? Trump is a bigot so what if he asks them to defend a racist action? They’ll regret this. All lawyers should have stood together against the bully. I commend the ones that have fought back.
More please. More.www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2025-04-05T22:00:59.973Z
More than 500 law firms rally behind embattled peers, declaring that Trump’s crackdown on the legal industry poses “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself.” But none of the top 20 firms join. http://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b…
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt.bsky.social) 2025-04-04T23:37:32.435Z
Kudos to the law firm Arnold & Porter. It is the largest law firm that is not either itself target by Trump or representing a firm targeted by Trump to sign the amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie. Put another way, A&P has no direct financial interest in the outcome of the case and yet signed.
— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-04-04T19:17:48.508Z
OK patriots, "each fat-cat firm that caves in response to Trump’s demands makes next capitulation that much easier, & puts the whole industry more firmly under Trump’s thumb." Paul, Weiss and Skadden: Capitulating Cowards of the Legal Profession newrepublic.com/article/1935… via @newrepublic.com
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman.bsky.social) 2025-04-03T16:39:55.489Z
Perkins Coie asked a federal judge in D.C. to reject President Trump’s executive order sanctioning it over its hiring practices and legal work for Democrat Hillary Clinton, calling the measure a threat to the firm and the legal profession more broadly reut.rs/4jdV5HA 1/5
— Reuters Legal (@legal.reuters.com) 2025-04-03T16:45:37.802Z
I’m proud that my own Cato Institute is among the groups signing a cross-ideological amicus brief in the Perkins Coie case. Our country’s liberty is in dire peril if a would-be strongman can destroy a law firm for having stood up to him personally or the federal government he heads.
— Walter Olson (@walterolson.bsky.social) 2025-04-03T02:55:50.749Z
I think I'm a realist.I didn't think I lived in a world where Kamala husband's biglaw firm and Katyal's biglaw firm both surrender to Trump in a single day.Golly.
— Matthew Stiegler (@matthewstiegler.bsky.social) 2025-04-02T18:38:41.642Z
Another Big Law firm shamefully capitulates to Trump. This time Milbank. It may make more money, but the stain of this shame will be a part of this firm forever. Every partner and associate now has a choice to make. History is watching.
— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-04-02T18:50:57.541Z
The Rifkinds’ two-page letter, which was obtained by The New York Times, echoes reactions that have reverberated through the legal community in the wake of the firm’s deal with Mr. Trump. Critics have accused the firm of capitulating to intimidation, rather than fighting the order in court.
— Jennie Coughlin (@jenniecoughlin.bsky.social) 2025-04-02T16:08:08.002Z
Sad! 