Five extra regulation companies have struck offers with President Donald Trump to keep away from punitive government orders in opposition to them, ramping up a regarding pattern of companies caving to the president’s will.
The offers, which Trump shared on social media Thursday, are just like ones different regulation companies have agreed to in latest months and require them to supply lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in free authorized providers to causes supported by Trump, together with the help of veterans and regulation enforcement, guaranteeing equity within the justice system and combating antisemitism.
The deal struck with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft requires the agency to supply $100 million to these professional bono authorized providers. A joint deal struck with 4 regulation companies ― Kirkland & Ellis, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Latham & Watkins ― mandates $500 million complete in free authorized work from their staffs.
The companies additionally agreed to not “engage in illegal DEI discrimination and preferences,” Trump stated, referring to the range, fairness and inclusion hiring practices he and different Republicans have railed in opposition to in latest months.
The flurry of offers comes a day after Trump dropped an government order focusing on the regulation agency Susman Godfrey, which is representing Dominion Voting Systems in defamation circumstances in opposition to former Trump officers who claimed the election was rigged in opposition to him. Like different government orders he’s issued in opposition to regulation companies Trump feels have wronged him, the motion suspends all Susman Godfrey attorneys’ safety clearances, restricts their entry to authorities buildings and threatens to cancel their shoppers’ federal contracts.
The agency stated it’ll push again on Trump’s punishment.
“Anyone who knows Susman Godfrey knows we believe in the rule of law, and we take seriously our duty to uphold it,” an organization assertion stated. “This principle guides us now. There is no question that we will fight this unconstitutional order.”
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