[Financial Times]: Skadden held talks to provide unpaid legal work for Heritage Foundation
Law firm discussed unpaid support for conservative think-tank after striking deal with Trump administration. By Kaye Wiggins and James Fontanella-Khan in New York and Arash Massoudi in London
How big capital happily bends over for #fascism:
"US law firm #SkaddenArps has held talks about doing unpaid work for the conservative Heritage Foundation, after signing a deal with Trump to provide $100mn in free support to causes backed by him."
https://www.ft.com/content/892788bb-24bc-44aa-a35a-7f4d2d82fc2a
Lowell left his large law firm Winston & Strawn to launch Lowell & Associates, which will defend clients including individuals, institutions & others that are "facing politicized investigations, civil & administrative actions," the firm said in May.
The new firm also includes 2 former lawyers at #SkaddenArps who quit over its response to #Trump's executive orders targeting the legal profession.
I hope all remaining law firms have learned that there's no winning when you cave to a bully.
Trump’s deals with Big Law are shakedowns in ‘pro bono’ clothing
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5254645-trumps-deals-with-big-law-are-shakedowns-in-pro-bono-clothing/
Former Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom employees say firm has ‘caved’ to the administration’s ‘bullying’ in a letter.
More than 80 Skadden, Arps ex-staffers of top law firm express ‘deep outrage’ over Trump deal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/skadden-staffers-letter-trump
Georgetown Law student group canceling recruiting event with Skadden, Arps.
This is how you do it!
#RIP #SkaddenArps #PaulWeiss #TrumpSychophants #DoNotObey #USPol
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE!!!
“It's almost like giving bullies your lunch money encourages them to shake you down tomorrow."
-- Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone
Paul, Weiss and Skadden, Arps prostituted themselves and ruined their firms—150 and 77 years old—for nothing. All they needed to do was wait a few days.
And they failed their clients, they failed the law, and they failed our country. Cowards.
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