Two of the nation’s largest law firms are taking drastically different approaches to being targeted by President Donald Trump: acceptance and defiance.
For both firms, Paul Weiss and Perkins Coie, there is no clean resolution when caught in the president’s unprecedented assault on the legal profession.
Paul Weiss struck a $40 million deal with Trump late last week to rescind a March 14 executive order that threatened security clearances for its lawyers and directed federal agencies to scrap contracts with the firm’s clients. The deal sparked concern that some partners and clients might defect in protest, but it also muted ...