Some Biglaw Firms Are Choosing Their Bottom Lines Over The ‘Costly’ Defense Of The Rule Of Law

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We do take an oath to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law. This is clearly antithetical to that. And you know what the problem is? It’s costly. And we’re not used to paying a price for our freedom. And we’re not used to paying the price for constitutional democracy. And we’ve deferred payment.

— Professor Bill Henderson of Indiana University Maurer School of Law, in comments given to Bloomberg Law, on the cultural costs that Biglaw firms’ capitulation to Donald Trump’s threats may have on the legal profession. Thus far, Paul Weiss, Skadden, Willkie, and Milbank have made deals with Trump to get out from under or avoid his harmful executive orders, while Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale have filed suit to defend their firms and the rule of law.

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