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When It Comes To Executive Orders, Did Practice ‘Pedigree’ Have An Impact On Whether Biglaw Firms Sued Trump Or Made A Deal With Him?
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Some of the New York firms are literally and figuratively more transactional, and some of the other firms are more interested in taking a risk to preserve the rule of law—to push back what they see as presidential abuse of power. [It wasn’t] surprising that firms that do deals for a living do a deal.
— A legal industry observer, in comments given to the American Lawyer, on why, in response to Trump’s executive orders targeting Paul Weiss and Skadden — firms focused on M&A — may have chosen to broker deals with the Trump administration, while Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale — firms with strong litigation practices — may have chosen to file suit against the Trump administration.
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