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    bird said:
    You sign any agreement with the criminal then you get what you deserve.
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    Yeah, here's hoping they all suffer mightily for their capitulation. I don't know how anybody would choose a law firm that rolls over at the slightest illegal aggression from the Trump administration. I mean, that's quite a message to send for those law firms that did, "Threaten us and we'll give up."
     
    A US judge on Friday overturned Donald Trump’s executive order targeting Jenner & Block, a big law firm that employed a lawyer who investigated him.

    Trump’s executive order, called Addressing Risks from Jenner & Block, suspended security clearances for the firm’s lawyers and restricted their access to government buildings, officials and federal contracting work.

    Trump accused the law firm of engaging in activities that “undermine justice and the interests of the United States”, claiming that it participated in politically driven legal actions. In the executive order, Trump specifically criticized the firm for hiring Andrew Weissmann, an attorney who worked on Robert Mueller’s investigation into allegations of Russian influence in Trump’s 2016 campaign.

    The firm sued to block Trump’s order, arguing it violated the constitution’s first and fifth amendments.

    US district judge John D Bates ruled on Friday that Trump’s directive violated core rights under the US constitution, mirroring a 2 May ruling that struck down a similar executive order against law firm Perkins Coie.

    Bates did not mince words when calling a Trump executive order unconstitutional, which sought to target Jenner & Block.

    Trump’s order, Bates wrote, “makes no bones about why it chose its target: it picked Jenner because of the causes Jenner champions, the clients Jenner represents, and a lawyer Jenner once employed”.

    “Going after law firms in this way is doubly violative of the constitution,” Bates said.…….


    www.theguardian.com

    US judge overturns Trump order targeting major law firm Jenner & Block

    President’s order sought to suspend lawyers’ security clearances after accusing firm of ‘undermining justice’
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    Law firms tangling with President Donald Trump are being hit hard as their clients are reacting, a legal analyst said Monday.

    Trump went after several major law firms with executive orders that took action including barring them from winning government contracts or being cleared to work in federal buildings. Among those targeted were firms that had been involved in legal action against Trump.

    Some law firms responded by fighting back in court, while others acquiesced to Trump's demands. In one case, a firm agreed to take on nearly $1 billion in free legal services for cases and issues that Trump cares about.

    MSNBC's Lisa Rubin explained that those willing to submit to Trump are starting to see a backlash from clients. Other firms have altered their pro bono policies, which could put them at odds with the administration.

    Rubin said she's hearing anecdotal reports that firms are changing "the nature of their own pro bono commitments" to dodge the Trump administration. "They don't want to call attention to themselves."

    But it is the pressure and pushback from clients that actually pay for the law firms survival that's being felt, Rubin said.

    The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that companies like tech company "Oracle, investment bank Morgan Stanley, an airline, and a pharmaceutical company," along with Microsoft, have reservations about working with firms that made deals with Trump.

    Oracle was founded and co-owned by one of Trump's friends, Larry Ellison. So, Rubin said it isn't that the firms "object to the politics of the situation." Rather, "people don't want to be represented by someone who doesn't know how to fight. If you can't fight for yourself and your own principles, why should we hire you?"

    Republican mega-donor Ken Griffin owns the major hedge fund company Citadel, but the general counsel for the company stood up at a luncheon to question the firm they use. The lawyer, a former federal prosecutor, "essentially said, we want to be in business with people who are willing to undertake a fight," said Rubin.............


    www.rawstory.com

    Clients dump law firms that rolled over for Trump: 'Don't know how to fight'

    Law firms tangling with President Donald Trump are being hit hard as their clients are reacting, a legal analyst said Monday.Trump went after several major law firms with executive orders that took action including barring them from winning government contracts or being cleared to work in...
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    Optimus Prime said:
    Law firms tangling with President Donald Trump are being hit hard as their clients are reacting, a legal analyst said Monday.

    Trump went after several major law firms with executive orders that took action including barring them from winning government contracts or being cleared to work in federal buildings. Among those targeted were firms that had been involved in legal action against Trump.

    Some law firms responded by fighting back in court, while others acquiesced to Trump's demands. In one case, a firm agreed to take on nearly $1 billion in free legal services for cases and issues that Trump cares about.

    MSNBC's Lisa Rubin explained that those willing to submit to Trump are starting to see a backlash from clients. Other firms have altered their pro bono policies, which could put them at odds with the administration.

    Rubin said she's hearing anecdotal reports that firms are changing "the nature of their own pro bono commitments" to dodge the Trump administration. "They don't want to call attention to themselves."

    But it is the pressure and pushback from clients that actually pay for the law firms survival that's being felt, Rubin said.

    The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that companies like tech company "Oracle, investment bank Morgan Stanley, an airline, and a pharmaceutical company," along with Microsoft, have reservations about working with firms that made deals with Trump.

    Oracle was founded and co-owned by one of Trump's friends, Larry Ellison. So, Rubin said it isn't that the firms "object to the politics of the situation." Rather, "people don't want to be represented by someone who doesn't know how to fight. If you can't fight for yourself and your own principles, why should we hire you?"

    Republican mega-donor Ken Griffin owns the major hedge fund company Citadel, but the general counsel for the company stood up at a luncheon to question the firm they use. The lawyer, a former federal prosecutor, "essentially said, we want to be in business with people who are willing to undertake a fight," said Rubin.............


    www.rawstory.com

    Clients dump law firms that rolled over for Trump: 'Don't know how to fight'

    Law firms tangling with President Donald Trump are being hit hard as their clients are reacting, a legal analyst said Monday.Trump went after several major law firms with executive orders that took action including barring them from winning government contracts or being cleared to work in...
    www.rawstory.com www.rawstory.com
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    I mean, who could have seen this coming...?
     
    Mark Zaid knew he would be targeted if Donald Trump won re-election.

    The lawyer, who specializes in national security cases, has long been on the US president’s bad side.

    He represented a whistleblower with knowledge of Trump’s plot to extort Ukraine during Trump’s first impeachment.

    He frequently talks to the media to critique Trump. His clients include a host of people who are suing the government.

    He has received a barrage of threats for being publicly anti-Trump. After Trump railed against him at a rally, a man emailed Zaid a death threat and was prosecuted for it, sentenced to a year in prison. Zaid’s social media pages still include calls for him to be tried for treason.

    It’s safe to say, he’s drawn the ire of Trumpworld.

    Still, seeing his name in a presidential memo in March alongside high-profile elected and appointed Republicans and Democratic officials, including a former president, surprised him. They seemed like way bigger fish.

    The memo revoked the security clearances of Joe Biden and his entire family, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney and a handful of others.

    The memo doesn’t detail why these clearances were revoked, simply saying that it was “no longer in the national interest” for these people to have any access to classified information.

    “I have no idea why I’m on that list,” Zaid told the Guardian. “The action against me, I get … It’s perfectly consistent with what I expected from him and his administration, but to have me included on that list and the order of our names, why? Why am I fourth, ahead of the president and vice-president?”

    Trump frequently promised retribution on the 2024 campaign trail. Once he was elected, he and his allies moved quickly to enact a revenge agenda, going after law firms, people who have criticized him, prosecutors who worked on January 6 cases, students who participated in protests, universities, and others who worked to undermine his agenda. The list is long and growing.

    Zaid had publicly said he was advising a “small number” of his clients to consider leaving the country around the time of Trump’s inauguration, in case they could be arrested, like those who have served as whistleblowers. “I’m taking him and his inner circle at their word. They have promised retribution and retaliation,” he told Politico last November.

    Now that he’s personally been targeted, he is fighting back. He sued the Trump administrationover the revocation, arguing the order was unconstitutionally vague, that his and his clients’ rights to due process were violated and that it impedes first amendment rights to free speech and association and the right to petition the government for grievances.……..

    www.theguardian.com

    ‘They have promised retribution and retaliation’: the Washington lawyer Trump is targeting

    In representing people suing the White House and publicly critiquing the president, Mark Zaid has drawn the ire of Trumpworld
    www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
     

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