Five more law firms cut deals with President Trump, pictured during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Five Major Law Firms Cut $600 Million Deals With Trump

Five of the world’s largest law firms made deals with Donald Trump to avoid punitive executive orders, as the president has now secured $940 million in free legal services.

Simpson Thacher Lawyer Quits as Firm ‘Capitulates’ to Trump

A Simpson Thacher & Bartlett associate quit his job after the law firm reached a deal with President Donald Trump to provide $125 million in legal work.

Deutsche Bank’s Management Reshuffle Mints New Legal Leaders

Deutsche Bank AG’s in-house legal team is reshaping its senior leadership amid the pending departure of chief legal officer Stefan Simon, who has also been head of its Americas arm.

Paul Weiss, Assailed by Trump, Quietly Scrubs ESG From Website

Just weeks after the law firm’s deal to stave off an attack from the Trump administration, the ESG and Law Institute’s website is no longer functioning. Paul Weiss has also quietly removed its ESG advisory practice from its website, along with a slew of reports and webinars touching on this subject.

Tom Girardi’s Head Accountant Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence

Former Girardi Keese CFO Christopher Kamon, who helped convicted ex-lawyer Tom Girardi steal millions of dollars in client settlement funds and ran his own fraud on the firm, was sentenced Friday to 121 months in prison.

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Justices Walking ‘Tightrope’ With Modest Trump Victories

The US Supreme Court’s attempt to avoid a confrontation with President Donald Trump has real world costs, said Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck. Vladeck spoke with “Cases and Controversies” hosts Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr about the flurry of recent rulings from the justices in emergency requests involving the administration’s policies.

Is Trump’s Use of Emergency Law for Tariffs Legal?: QuickTake

President Donald Trump invoked a law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on April 2 to set a blanket 10% tariff on all imports and, initially, additional duties on almost 60 countries that have the largest trade surpluses with the US. At least two lawsuits have been launched that challenge Trump’s use of the act.

JCPenney Estate’s Judge Romance Suit Must Be Tossed, Firm Says

Jackson Walker LLP moved to dismiss a suit brought by the plan administrator for JCPenney’s 2020 bankruptcy tied to the Texas law firm’s failure to disclose a romance between a onetime partner and the judge who oversaw the department store’s restructuring.

Five Huge Law Firms Cut $600M Deals With Trump: The Brief

FIVE OF THE WORLD’S biggest law firms reached deals with President Donald Trump, pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in pro bono work on the president’s behalf in exchange for avoiding punitive orders and federal discrimination investigations against four of them, Chris Opfer reports.

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Trump Signs Bill Blocking IRS Crypto Tax Rule Biden Pushed

President Donald Trump signed legislation to block an Internal Revenue Service rule that would have forced some cryptocurrency brokers to provide tax information on transactions conducted on their platforms, delivering another victory to the digital asset industry he has vowed to champion in office.

Australians Ditch Pension Firms to Run $600 Billion on Their Own

It was late 2014 when Timothy Yang’s pension balance hit rock bottom. The meager contributions from his low-wage job at a fast-food restaurant in Melbourne were no match for the fees quietly draining his retirement savings. He stuck with the fund, but a decade later had just over A$20,000 ($12,500) saved.