Big Companies Are Running From Law Firms That Caved to Trump [View all]
Source: Daily Beast
Updated Jun. 2 2025 4:18AM EDT
Published Jun. 2 2025 2:09AM EDT
Some of the nation’s top law firms that folded to Donald Trump’s pressure campaign are now facing the fallout. At least 11 major companies are shifting legal work away from firms that struck deals with the Trump administration, instead turning toward those that stood their ground, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
General counsels at various companies told the newspaper they doubted whether firms that surrendered to Trump could still be relied upon to represent them—in court or at the negotiating table—if they couldn’t stand up for themselves. Oracle, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft and McDonald’s are reportedly among the big name businesses to distance themselves from those legal firms, either by scaling back work, voicing concerns, or parting ways.
In one case, the Journal reported, a firm that cut a deal with the Trump administration reportedly stopped representing McDonald’s in a high-profile lawsuit months before trial. In another, Microsoft put concerns in writing to one of its go-to firms.
A top executive at one company told the Journal her employer plans to transition work away from the law firm Paul, Weiss, which lost four of its partners after entering into a deal with the White House. A general counsel at a separate company told the newspaper she felt “physically ill” when Paul, Weiss struck the agreement.
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