President Trump’s executive order attacking Paul Weiss and severely restricting that law firm’s ability to represent its clients was widely seen by lawyers as a dangerous affront to the nation’s legal system. To rivals of Paul Weiss, it was an opportunity. Within days of Mr. Trump’s March 14 order, some of the biggest competitors were…
Last week, a federal judge in Washington ruled that a subsequent executive order Mr. Trump signed targeting the law firm Perkins Coie, which is also aligned with Democrats, was likely unconstitutional and issued a restraining order halting it. But two days later, Mr. Trump signed a nearly identical executive order against Paul, Weiss. Mr. Trump…
Some lawyers said the deal was driven by profit. Others said it was enabling autocracy. One said the move prompted her to quit her legal job in disgust. All over the legal world, lawyers on Friday were talking about the deal that Paul Weiss, one of the nation’s most prominent law firms, made with President…