{"id":111094,"date":"2025-03-20T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/20\/paul-weiss-grovels-to-trump-gets-out-from-under-executive-order\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T16:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T00:30:46","slug":"paul-weiss-grovels-to-trump-gets-out-from-under-executive-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/20\/paul-weiss-grovels-to-trump-gets-out-from-under-executive-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Weiss Grovels To Trump, Gets Out From Under Executive Order"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well ain\u2019t this some shit. Faced with an Executive Order<\/a> \u2014 described by the right as designed to bankrupt<\/a> the firm \u2014 Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp kissed the ring of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

As noted by Anna Bower of Lawfare, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Karp \u201cacknowledged the wrongdoing\u201d of former partner Mark Pomeratz<\/a> as part of his offering. For the record, the \u201cwrongdoing\u201d was joining Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in the successful<\/em> prosecution of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Karp also agreed to eliminate all DEI programs at the firm within 14 days, provide $40 million in pro bono services to Trump initiatives, and to abandon partisan decision making in its representations (whatever that means).<\/p>\n

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Trump rescinds his Executive Order targeting Paul, Weiss because the firm entered into an \u201cagreement\u201d with Trump. According to the White House, Trump agreed to rescind after a meeting w\/ Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp, in which Karp \u201cacknowledged the wrongdoing\u201d of former partner Mark Pomerantz.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social)<\/a> 2025-03-20T22:41:06.131Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

This is all taken from Trump\u2019s post so the usual grains of salt might apply, but this is one of Trump\u2019s \u201cnot-ALL-CAPS\u201d posts, which usually mean they\u2019ve been vetted and written by someone else. <\/p>\n

As a result of this servile positioning, Trump rescinded the executive order targeting the firm.<\/p>\n

This bodes absolutely terribly for the industry. It\u2019s an admission from one of the biggest and most powerful law firms in the nation that fighting a likely unconstitutional<\/a> Executive Order in court just isn\u2019t worth it. The harm that the Trump administration can bring is too great<\/a>, and the court system is unable to counter<\/a> the blatant lawlessness<\/a> the far right is engaged in.<\/p>\n

Faced with calls<\/a> to stand up<\/a> to the Trump administration and defend the rule of law, Paul Weiss blinked. And law and order is worse off for it.<\/p>\n

Paul Weiss attorneys and other employees, how do you feel about the firm\u2019s decision? Feel free to sound off\u00a0by email<\/a>, by text message (646-820-8477), or by tweet (@ATLblog<\/a>). An insightful response \u2014 we\u2019ll keep you anonymous \u2014 could find its way into an update to this story.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Paul Weiss Grovels To Trump, Gets Out From Under Executive Order<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by David Becker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well ain\u2019t this some shit. Faced with an Executive Order<\/a> \u2014 described by the right as designed to bankrupt<\/a> the firm \u2014 Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp kissed the ring of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

As noted by Anna Bower of Lawfare, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Karp \u201cacknowledged the wrongdoing\u201d of former partner Mark Pomeratz<\/a> as part of his offering. For the record, the \u201cwrongdoing\u201d was joining Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in the successful<\/em> prosecution of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Karp also agreed to eliminate all DEI programs at the firm within 14 days, provide $40 million in pro bono services to Trump initiatives, and to abandon partisan decision making in its representations (whatever that means).<\/p>\n

This is all taken from Trump\u2019s post so the usual grains of salt might apply, but this is one of Trump\u2019s \u201cnot-ALL-CAPS\u201d posts, which usually mean they\u2019ve been vetted and written by someone else. <\/p>\n

As a result of this servile positioning, Trump rescinded the executive order targeting the firm.<\/p>\n

This bodes absolutely terribly for the industry. It\u2019s an admission from one of the biggest and most powerful law firms in the nation that fighting a likely unconstitutional<\/a> Executive Order in court just isn\u2019t worth it. The harm that the Trump administration can bring is too great<\/a>, and the court system is unable to counter<\/a> the blatant lawlessness<\/a> the far right is engaged in.<\/p>\n

Faced with calls<\/a> to stand up<\/a> to the Trump administration and defend the rule of law, Paul Weiss blinked. And law and order is worse off for it.<\/p>\n

Paul Weiss attorneys and other employees, how do you feel about the firm\u2019s decision? Feel free to sound off\u00a0by email<\/a>, by text message (646-820-8477), or by tweet (@ATLblog<\/a>). An insightful response \u2014 we\u2019ll keep you anonymous \u2014 could find its way into an update to this story.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon @[email\u00a0protected].<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Photo by David Becker\/Getty Images) Well ain\u2019t this some shit. Faced with an Executive Order \u2014 described by the right as designed to bankrupt the firm \u2014 Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp kissed the ring of Donald Trump. As noted by Anna Bower of Lawfare, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Karp \u201cacknowledged the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5243-1-scaled-e1623338814705-620x568-sF1JtA.jpeg?fit=620%2C568&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}