Corruption

Almost $1 Billion in “Pro Bono” Deals: How Trump Pressured Big Law Into His Orbit — and Shook the Legal Establishment

President Donald Trump has taken his campaign against elite law firms to a new level, turning punitive executive orders into leverage for extracting massive pro

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Trump Deepens His Law-Firm Campaign: Milbank Strikes a $100M Pro Bono Deal — and the Legal World Is Split Over What It Means

In a striking development that underscores how aggressively the Trump administration has been pressuring elite law firms, **Milbank LLP — one of the nation’s most

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Trump Adds Another Big Law Firm to His Campaign of Retribution — and It’s Sparking Outrage Across the Legal World

In a move that underscores how far the Trump administration’s confrontation with elite law firms has escalated, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, a major international firm

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When the White House Targeted Big Law: How Paul, Weiss Blinked—and Why It Matters

In March 2025, one of America’s most powerful law firms learned a hard lesson about power, politics, and leverage. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

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Inside the $100 Million Trump-Skadden Pact: A Law Firm’s Controversial Deal to Avoid a Presidential Executive Order

In a dramatic turn during the Trump administration’s escalating clash with America’s largest law firms, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom agreed to provide over

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