Leftist pressure groups suing Trump can't stomach the idea that he'll push back against lawyers filing "frivolous lawsuits."| The Daily Signal
Eleanor Fox argues that the leading law firms should have immediately and collectively resisted President Donald Trump’s attacks. Strong, timely collective resistance may have helped staunch democratic backsliding and prevented normalization of repeated, speech-chilling demands. Doing so, however, the firms would have faced the risk of violating the antitrust laws. This article assesses antitrust’s treatment of political action and argues that the space for protected political action need...| ProMarket
President Donald Trump’s recent speech to the Department of Justice was meant as a declaration of war against lawyers. His words made clear that the most effective way to consolidate autocracy is by systematically dismantling the independent centers of power that support a healthy democracy, including the independent public prosecutor. As the Executive Orders targeting law firms underscore: the entire legal profession is next. This is no coincidence.| Verfassungsblog
Whether you’re a multinational corporation or an individual, what are you looking for in a law firm? Skill? Excellence? Integrity? Experience? Breadth? Cowardly capitulation? The deal materia…| Simple Justice
A new Ninth Circuit opening, Trump’s ongoing war with Biglaw, two circuit-court wins for academic freedom, and a pair of major M&A hires.| davidlat.substack.com