{"id":112227,"date":"2025-03-27T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/27\/the-paul-weiss-brand-has-been-damaged-thanks-to-the-firms-deal-with-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T17:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T01:00:18","slug":"the-paul-weiss-brand-has-been-damaged-thanks-to-the-firms-deal-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/27\/the-paul-weiss-brand-has-been-damaged-thanks-to-the-firms-deal-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paul Weiss \u2018Brand\u2019 Has Been Damaged Thanks To The Firm\u2019s Deal With Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

For the most part, what in-house lawyers want is their client to be zealously represented on a level playing field with all the other firms. I think Paul Weiss has addressed that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think the storm will pass, but in a way this redefines the Paul Weiss brand. They have been a leader in standing up for constitutional rights and human rights. They backed away this time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 Peter Zeughauser<\/a>, a longtime law firm consultant at the Zeughauser Group, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, on the backlash Paul Weiss has faced in the wake of the firm settling up with the Trump administration<\/a> to make an overbroad executive order<\/a> disappear, rather than litigating it in court.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post The Paul Weiss \u2018Brand\u2019 Has Been Damaged Thanks To The Firm\u2019s Deal With Trump<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

For the most part, what in-house lawyers want is their client to be zealously represented on a level playing field with all the other firms. I think Paul Weiss has addressed that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think the storm will pass, but in a way this redefines the Paul Weiss brand. They have been a leader in standing up for constitutional rights and human rights. They backed away this time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 Peter Zeughauser<\/a>, a longtime law firm consultant at the Zeughauser Group, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, on the backlash Paul Weiss has faced in the wake of the firm settling up with the Trump administration<\/a> to make an overbroad executive order<\/a> disappear, rather than litigating it in court.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Staci
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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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