We are former attorneys of the law firm Skadden, Arps; one of us recently resigned a position over Skadden’s capitulation to a threatened executive order.

After the president sought to punish Paul Weiss, references to its work on firearms disappeared from its website. Gun safety ...

NINE OF THE LARGEST LAW FIRMS in the United States, hoping to avoid the president’s wrath, have reached agreements with the Trump administration committing the firms to various obligations. The first ...

Instead of fighting the order in the courts, like Perkins Coe LLP, another large law firm similarly targeted by the president ...

Lawyers, myself included, have long known of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, which used to be a one-location New ...

In New York—where Trump is already a convicted felon—the crime of what we normally think of as extortion is called “coercion.

Rather than run that risk, they made a deal with Trump. The head of the firm, a lawyer named Brad Karp, sent a memo to all Paul Weiss personnel, more than 2,000 people, explaining that the decision ...

Defending democracy from authoritarianism depends on three pillars: the press, the courts and the legal profession.

Under threat from the Trump administration, some are cutting deals. Others are staying quiet. And many, including in ...

In the early part of his second term, President Donald Trump has taken action against individuals, law firms, private ...

Some firms have caved to Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional demands. Others have stood and fought. We know which ones deserve ...

We have to, and we think our clients will understand that. The rule of law is what we do.” A few days ago, I ran into Brad Karp, the chairman of Paul Weiss, and I followed up with an email. One of my ...