Chris Opfer
Deputy Team Lead, Bloomberg Law at Bloomberg News
Reporter/editor, bathroom graffiti enthusiast. @BLaw. Signal: 5712364850. [email protected]. u/chrisopfer DMs open. Legal industry newsletter link below.
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1 month ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Chris Opfer
Criminal defense lawyer Abbe Lowell is starting a new firm, representing government officials and other parties targeted by the Trump administration. Lowell, who is representing New York Attorney General Letitia James in a federal mortgage fraud investigation, left Winston & Strawn to launch the new firm. He hired two lawyers who bolted from another large firm, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, in protest after it struck a deal with the White House.
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1 month ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Chris Opfer
President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department on Monday to launch a program including free legal assistance from law firms to police officers accused of wrongdoing. The program will “provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law,” Trump said in an executive order.
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1 month ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Chris Opfer
Five of the world’s largest law firms reached deals with President Donald Trump to avoid punitive executive orders and resolve federal discrimination probes against four of them. Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Cadwalader, and A&O Shearman are committing at least $600 million combined in pro bono legal services to causes advocated by Trump, the president said via Truth Social.
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1 month ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Chris Opfer |Tatyana Monnay
Large law firms plan to refuse to give the Trump administration information on their clients’ diversity initiatives as part of federal discrimination investigations. The 20 firms facing questions from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will reject the agency’s inquiries related to clients over confidentiality concerns, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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1 month ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Chris Opfer |Tatyana Monnay
Large law firms plan to refuse to give the Trump administration information on their clients’ diversity initiatives as part of federal discrimination investigations. The 20 firms facing questions from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will reject the agency’s inquiries related to clients over confidentiality concerns, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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I'm sure some fan of Brutalism would love to pick up the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's headquarters, which is likely to be put on the market soon. It's on the National Register of Historic Places, but I'm curious how it could be repurposed. https://t.co/cxXtX47A9T
New: Law firm A&O Shearman won't work on Trump trade deals as part of its $125 billion agreement with the White House, the firm's leaders said today. @mahiradayal reporting for @BLaw. https://t.co/Eclf89srsN
RT @business: Susman Godfrey filed a suit to challenge President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at its attorneys, arguing that it vio…
