Trump Wants Law Firms to Defend Cops Facing Misconduct Suits

President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department on Monday to launch a program including free legal assistance from law firms to police officers accused of wrongdoing.

Trump’s ‘Retaliatory’ Jenner Order Meets Skeptical Judge

Another federal judge on Monday grilled the Trump administration over its attacks on law firms, suggesting the White House is retaliating against Jenner & Block for its connection to the Mueller probe.

Jenner & Block Hires House Speaker Johnson’s Ex-General Counsel

Ashley Callen, US House Speaker Mike Johnson’s former general counsel, is joining Jenner & Block, the firm announced Monday.

Trump’s Scrutiny Spurs Employers to Consider Social Class in DEI

Businesses mulling diversity policy changes to avoid Trump administration enforcement have a new option: focus on socioeconomic background in place of, or in addition to, race and gender.

These Big Law Partners Take Rare Step to Buck Trump Publicly

Most Big Law partners upset with President Donald Trump’s attacks on the profession have protested quietly or anonymously—except for these lawyers.

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Harvard Probed by US Agencies for Law Review Discrimination

The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services announced investigations into Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review citing reports of race-based discrimination, broadening the government’s assault on the oldest and richest US university.

Insider Trader Gets Jail as SEC Reviews Tool That Caught Him

An Oregon retiree was ordered to spend a year behind bars for conspiring with a Nuveen LLC trader in a $47 million insider trading scheme — a case flagged by a controversial SEC tracking tool the Trump administration is considering reining in.

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Trump Gets Millions in Pro Bono Work, But Details Still Fuzzy

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Kirkland Strengthens Grip on Shifting M&A Deals Leaderboard

Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.

Steven Davis and the Rise and Fall of Dewey & LeBoeuf

On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.

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