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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Chris Williams |Sean Fitzpatrick
The Trump administration’s decision to retaliate against the President’s former Biglaw adversaries is unprecedented in American history. Most of the focus has been on Trump’s audacity or Biglaw’s repeated cowardice, but let’s take a second to think about the judges who have to deal with this mess. When deciding matters of first impression, you really want to make sure that you’re seeing all of the angles as clearly as you can.
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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Kathryn Rubino |Sean Fitzpatrick
Donald Trump’s been wielding his likely unconstitutional Executive Orders aimed at Biglaw firms like a cudgel, using the mere threat of them to get concessions from major firm. Even though the firms that have chosen to fight the good fight against the Trump administration have had slam-dunk victories in court, there’s a growing list of Biglaw firms that prefer to bargain their way into the good graces of Donald Trump. The latest firm to kiss Donald Trump’s ring is Milbank.
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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Kathryn Rubino |Sean Fitzpatrick
Kyrsten Sinema (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!Former Senator Kyrsten Sinema is going to work in the D.C. office of which Biglaw firm, as a senior adviser in the firm’s global regulatory and IP practice group? Hint: The senator’s former chief of staff, Daniel Winkler, is also going to the firm as a policy adviser. See the answer on the next page.
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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Chris Williams |Sean Fitzpatrick
Last month, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was pretty confident in the soft power that courts would be able to deploy as a check against the Trump administration. Things might look bad right now, but it’s not like the administration would just openly defy court orders, right? As it turns out, yes, that imminently predictable set of circumstances has come to be.
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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Kathryn Rubino |Sean Fitzpatrick
Those waiting for the biggest law firms in the nation to lead the charge (or at least the defense) against Donald Trump and his attacks on the legal system got a shot in the arm last week when, in separate lawsuits, both Jenner & Block and WilmerHale challenged Executive Orders targeting their respective firms.
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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Kathryn Rubino |Sean Fitzpatrick
Fallout From Skadden's Capitulation: A principled "I QUIT" from an associate. Suddenly Skadden Associates Can't Send Out Mass Emails: Not suspicious at all... Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Get Court Victories Against Trump: From a pair of GOP-appointed federal judges. Speaking Of Conservative Judges And Principled Stands: Maybe stop calling for impeachment when judges are just doing their jobs is a good idea. Trump Admin Big Mad Over Due Process: And would really like SCOTUS to bail them out.
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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Kathryn Rubino |Sean Fitzpatrick
Earlier today Above the Law reported that Skadden shut off the ability for its attorneys to send emails via large internal distribution lists. And before that it was widely reported that the firm groveled to the Trump administration, striking a deal that includes $100 million in pro bono payola.
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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Liz Dye |Sean Fitzpatrick
This morning the Justice Department made its move to extraordinarily rendition the case of the kidnapped Venezuelans to the Supreme Court. It’s the latest wildly aggressive move by the government to overturn the ruling by Chief Judge James Boasberg, even as the president an his allies scream for the judge’s impeachment. Last Saturday, the trial court issued a temporary restraining order barring the government from shipping hundreds of men to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador.
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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Nicole Black |Sean Fitzpatrick
This year’s Legalweek conference in New York City was well attended and dominated by talk of vastly improved generative AI capabilities. The themes shifted from last year’s, which focused on generative AI as a new, more intuitive software interface that enabled legal professionals to access information more easily. This year, the discussions matured.
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3 weeks ago | 
abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky |Sean Fitzpatrick
The Trump administration is openly targeting Biglaw firms for their representation of clients and causes adverse to the president’s political agenda. Five top firms — Covington & Burling, Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale — have found themselves on the receiving end of Trump’s retaliatory executive orders.
