DOJ Un-Drops Its Appeal Against Law Firms, Files Brief That Gets The First Amendment Exactly Backwards
On Wednesday of last week, I wrote a post about how the Trump administration had quietly given up defending its unconstitutional executive orders targeting law firms. The DOJ was dropping its appea…
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#LawFirm #Milbank cuts Katyal’s $3,250 rate in defending #NJ cities against #Trump
Prominent lawyer #NealKatyal of law firm Milbank will charge a sharply REDUCED hourly rate & not his standard $3,250 as he helps to defend 2 #NewJersey cities sued by Trump’s admin over their #immigration policies, acc/to a contract obtained by Reuters.
Milbank's lawyers, including #Katyal, will each charge $300/hour—to be split evenly by #Newark & #Hoboken….
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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-firm-milbank-cuts-katyals-3250-rate-defending-nj-cities-against-trump-2025-07-25/
Milbank LLP has allegedly agreed to a deal with Donald J. Trump in exchange for not facing retaliation from the president.
Currently, the information about the deal is exclusively from Trump.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114269692330126501
The information contained in Trump's post should be taken with some skepticism until more information from a more trustworthy source is reported. Trump has previously exaggerated the concessions Paul Weiss granted him.
Another law firm, #MilbankLLP, makes a “deal” with #Trump rather than face his wrath.
Basically the same terms as the other appeasers
$100 Million Dollars in #ProBono [#QuidProQuo] legal services during the Trump admin, & after.
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A commitment to *Merit-Based* hiring & employment practices, & it will not engage in *illegal* #DEl *discrimination*.
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