The judiciary should act with resolve — now — to ensure that this abuse of executive power ceases,” the brief reads.
Law students at top schools are reconsidering offers at Skadden and other firms while associates are canceling interviews in protest.
The legal profession is not resisting authoritarianism. It is formatting it. Coaching it. Polishing it for public consumption.
The first partner departures will be slow, but then the number will grow as the stigma of leaving under such circumstances lessens, Hugh A. Simons writes.
President Trump has signed a string of executive orders in recent weeks targeting some of the nation's most prominent law firms.
Big Law’s retreat from DEI has drawn passionate responses from across the industry.
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As Trump targets law firms, some are fighting, some are striking deals, and some are pre-emptively caving before the White House even throws a punch.