Trump says five more law firms agree to pro bono work to avoid punitive executive orders
by Sam Levine in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6WJG1)
Cadwalader and Latham & Watkins among major firms to provide $600m in pro bono work to Trump-backed causes
Donald Trump said on Friday that five major law firms reached agreements to together provide his administration $600m in pro bono legal work, among other terms, to avoid executive orders punishing them, a significant capitulation to the president as he attacks the legal profession.
The five firms - Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft - are among the most prestigious and recognized firms in the US.
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