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  • 4 days ago | wsj.com | Erin Mulvaney |Emily Glazer |C. Ryan Barber |Josh Dawsey

    After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhereAt a recent luncheon at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan, a top lawyer for Citadel delivered a message to leaders of some of the country’s biggest law firms. Brooke Cucinella told them that the hedge-fund company likes to work with law firms that aren’t afraid of a fight.

  • 4 days ago | fnlondon.com | Erin Mulvaney |Emily Glazer |C. Ryan Barber |Josh Dawsey

    The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their ClientsAfter firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere Published June 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET At a recent luncheon at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan, a top lawyer for Citadel delivered a message to leaders of some of the country’s biggest law firms. Brooke Cucinella told them that the hedge-fund company likes to work with law firms that aren’t afraid of a fight.

  • 2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Erin Mulvaney |C. Ryan Barber

    The exits, which include prominent Democratic lawyer Karen Dunn, come after the firm struck a deal with Trump’s White HouseProminent Democratic lawyer Karen Dunn and three other high-profile litigators are leaving Paul Weiss, two months after the law firm became the first to strike a deal with President Trump. Dunn, along with Bill Isaacson, Jessica Phillips and Jeannie Rhee, are leaving Paul Weiss to start their own boutique litigation firm.

  • 2 weeks ago | wsj.com | C. Ryan Barber |Erin Mulvaney

    Judge strikes down executive order targeting law firm Jenner & BlockIn a matter of weeks, President Trump’s campaign against the legal industry racked up commitments from law firms to provide some $1 billion in pro bono work for causes favored by the White House. In court, the effort has met a much different fate: One gut punch after another. The latest blow landed Friday, when a federal judge in Washington struck down Trump’s executive order against the law firm Jenner & Block.

  • 4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Erin Mulvaney

    Cadwalader avoided a punitive executive order but the accord has left the firm in turmoilCadwalader, Wickersham & Taft struck a deal with President Trump last month intended to secure the future of New York’s oldest law firm. Instead the pact is backfiring, adding to an exodus of lawyers that has placed the firm on uncertain footing.

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