Sara Merken

New York

Legal Reporter at Reuters

Legal reporter @ReutersLegal covering the business of law and the evolving legal market. Co-writing the Daily Docket. Reach out at [email protected]

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Articles

Law firms' deals with Trump roil their staff, deepen industry rifts

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Mike Scarcella |Sara Merken

(Reuters) - Law firms that have pledged $940 million so far in free legal work and made other concessions to U.S. President Donald Trump are facing a backlash from some of their own lawyers, who say the firms compromised too much to avoid a showdown...
Trump strikes deals with five top firms as legal industry faces crackdown

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Brendan O'Brien |Deepa Babington |Sara Merken |Sarah Morland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that five more law firms had agreed to devote a total of at least $600 million in free legal work to causes he supports, marking new concessions offered by major firms facing a White...
Law firm targeted by Trump sues as five other top firms make deals

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Mike Scarcella |Sara Merken |David Thomas

By Mike Scarcella, Sara Merken and David ThomasWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was hit with another lawsuit on Friday over his executive orders sanctioning prominent law firms, even as five other firms offered costly concessions to avoid the president's crackdowns.
Law firm Paul Weiss's pro bono leader resigns after Trump deal

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Nate Raymond |Christopher Cushing |Sara Merken

BOSTON (Reuters) - The head of the pro bono practice at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison said on Wednesday he was resigning from the Wall Street law firm just weeks after it struck a deal with Republican U.S. President Donald Trump to escape...
Former top lawyers at major companies decry Trump orders against law firms

2 weeks ago | kfgo.com | David Thomas |Mike Scarcella |Sara Merken

By David Thomas, Mike Scarcella and Sara Merken(Reuters) – Former top legal executives at large companies including Microsoft, Intel and Eli Lilly submitted a legal brief on Tuesday accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of undermining the rule of law and threatening American businesses with his executive orders targeting law firms. The 67 mostly former general counsels said Trump’s orders violate the U.S. Constitution and “hijack” the relationships companies have with their outside lawyers.
More than 500 law firms back Perkins Coie suit against punitive Trump order

2 weeks ago | uk.marketscreener.com | Mike Scarcella |Sara Merken

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 500 law firms have signed a court brief denouncing Donald Trump's targeting of Perkins Coie and other firms, expressing alarm over the Republican president's intensifying crackdown on the legal profession. Law firms signed the brief that was filed on Friday with Washington-based U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell at the risk of drawing the ire of Trump and his administration.
More than 500 law firms back Perkins Coie suit against punitive Trump order

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Mike Scarcella |Amy Stevens |David Bario |Sara Merken

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 500 law firms have signed a court brief denouncing Donald Trump's targeting of Perkins Coie and other firms, expressing alarm over the Republican president's intensifying crackdown on the legal profession.
Republican-led states demand 20 law firms disclose DEI practices

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Mark Porter |David Bario |Sara Merken

(Reuters) - Attorneys general from 12 Republican-led U.S. states sent letters on Thursday to 20 major law firms demanding information about their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employment practices, building on a similar request to the same...
Republican-led states demand 20 law firms disclose DEI practices

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sara Merken

By Sara Merken(Reuters) - Attorneys general from 12 Republican-led U.S. states sent letters on Thursday to 20 major law firms demanding information about their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employment practices, building on a similar request to the same firms by the U.S. agency that enforces federal laws banning workplace discrimination.
Milbank reaches deal with Trump as divide among law firms deepens

3 weeks ago | srnnews.com | Mike Scarcella |David Thomas |Sara Merken

Milbank reaches deal with Trump as divide among law firms deepens By Mike Scarcella, David Thomas, Sara MerkenWASHINGTON (Reuters) -A fourth major U.S. law firm, Milbank, reached an agreement on Wednesday with President Donald Trump, who has targeted other firms with punitive executive orders, in a deal disclosed a day after the firm of former Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband struck its own pact.