{"id":113006,"date":"2025-04-01T15:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T23:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/01\/when-it-comes-to-executive-orders-did-practice-pedigree-have-an-impact-on-whether-biglaw-firms-sued-trump-or-made-a-deal-with-him\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T15:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T23:42:44","slug":"when-it-comes-to-executive-orders-did-practice-pedigree-have-an-impact-on-whether-biglaw-firms-sued-trump-or-made-a-deal-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/01\/when-it-comes-to-executive-orders-did-practice-pedigree-have-an-impact-on-whether-biglaw-firms-sued-trump-or-made-a-deal-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"When It Comes To Executive Orders, Did Practice \u2018Pedigree\u2019 Have An Impact On Whether Biglaw Firms Sued Trump Or Made A Deal With Him?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some of the New York firms are literally and figuratively more transactional, and some of the other firms are more interested in taking a risk to preserve the rule of law\u2014to push back what they see as presidential abuse of power. [It wasn\u2019t] surprising that firms that do deals for a living do a deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 A legal industry observer, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, on why, in response to Trump\u2019s executive orders targeting <\/em><\/strong>Paul Weiss<\/a> and Skadden<\/a> \u2014 firms focused on M&A \u2014 may have chosen to broker deals with the Trump administration, while Perkins Coie<\/a>, Jenner & Block<\/a>, and WilmerHale<\/a> \u2014 firms with strong litigation practices \u2014 may have chosen to file suit against the Trump administration.<\/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 When It Comes To Executive Orders, Did Practice \u2018Pedigree\u2019 Have An Impact On Whether Biglaw Firms Sued Trump Or Made A Deal With Him?<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Some of the New York firms are literally and figuratively more transactional, and some of the other firms are more interested in taking a risk to preserve the rule of law\u2014to push back what they see as presidential abuse of power. [It wasn\u2019t] surprising that firms that do deals for a living do a deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 A legal industry observer, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, on why, in response to Trump\u2019s executive orders targeting <\/em><\/strong>Paul Weiss<\/a> and Skadden<\/a> \u2014 firms focused on M&A \u2014 may have chosen to broker deals with the Trump administration, while Perkins Coie<\/a>, Jenner & Block<\/a>, and WilmerHale<\/a> \u2014 firms with strong litigation practices \u2014 may have chosen to file suit against the Trump administration.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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