Five more law firms have reached agreements with the Trump administration to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in pro bono legal work on certain causes they and the administration support. Kirkland & Ellis, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher and Latham are set to provide $125 million in pro bono work each, while Cadwalader would provide at least $100 million, President Trump said in posts on his Truth Social account. Read more.
The agreements mostly mirror others struck with four firms in recent weeks, requiring them to shun diversity-based employment practices the administration deems illegal and work on pro bono projects approved by the president. Paul Weiss, which had been targeted in an executive order, last month agreed to donate the equivalent of $40 million in free legal services. Skadden, Milbank and Willkie reached deals without being targeted by an order, with each firm providing $100 million in pro bono legal work.
Three firms - Perkins Coie, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block - have sued to challenge executive orders against them. Judges overseeing the lawsuits have temporarily blocked key provisions of the orders, finding that Trump's directives likely violated constitutional protections for speech and due process.
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