The law firm’s chairman, Brad Karp, capitulated to the president’s threats. The descendants of the man who wrote its high-minded principles told Mr. Karp that he had betrayed them.

The executive order put the firm at risk of a catastrophic ‘partner run’ and a death spiral.

The 150-year-old law firm fought the first Trump administration. Will its deal with the second stop it from fighting now?

In its latest climate scorecard, Czarnek’s group calculated that Paul Weiss—which scored an “F” grade for its work involving climate change—topped all other Vault 100 firms in the number of cases in which it represented fossil fuel companies between 2019 and 2023.

I don’t have a large budget for outside counsel, but I definitely won’t be spending it with law firms who don’t stand up for themselves in the face of injustice," Ray Everett, general counsel for health care at TopCon Corp.

NYU legal ethics professor Stephen Gillers says the specific promises in Paul Weiss’ agreement with Trump aren’t objectionable on close review, especially when weighed against the possibly existential cost of litigating.

"The deal was announced, and that was it for me," Frey said, noting that she was "absolutely not considering leaving" prior to Skadden's decision to provide $100 million in pro bo

A day after President Donald Trump announced that Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison chair Brad Karp had agreed to a deal to rescind an executive order, the law firm was getting pummeled with criticism for capitulating to the president.