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  • Trump’s Pressure on Big Law Deepens as Top Firms Pledge $600M in Legal Services to Avoid Retaliation

    In a development that is sending shockwaves through the legal industry, five of the nation’s most powerful law firms—Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, A&O Shearman, and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft—have agreed to provide $600 million in legal services to the Trump administration. These deals, announced Friday, April 11, 2025, bring…

  • Milbank Becomes Latest Big Law Firm To Reach Agreement with Trump

    Milbank LLP has become the latest major U.S. law firm to strike a deal with President Donald Trump, further widening the rift within the legal community over how firms navigate the administration’s pressure campaign against perceived adversaries. On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Trump announced that Milbank had approached his administration to negotiate an agreement, making…