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Category Archives: Law
Trump vs Big Law
After Donald Trump’s disgraceful denial of the 2020 election results, I lost all enthusiasm for him. Until he was indicted in New York on spurious grounds. Paul Rosenzweig writes for the Atlantic: The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law …Trump … Continue reading
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NYT: ‘Law firms are sometimes aligned with a political party.’
This strikes me as a disingenuous frame. Big Law is overwhelmingly on the side of the Democrats. The New York Times story has six bylines: At Paul Weiss, Panic, Poachers and a Fight for the Bottom Line Fears that competitors … Continue reading
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Trump vs Big Law: No Important Developments In The Past 3 Days
I see many news stories, videos and social media posts on this battle but nothing important has changed since Friday. Grok confirms at 7:08 AM PST: Within the past 24 hours, sentiment and analysis on platforms like X reflect continued … Continue reading
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Does Big Law love civil rights law because it enhances Big Law’s power, prestige and income?
Grok says: Big Law firms engage in civil rights law to enhance their power, prestige, and indirectly their income, rather than out of a deep passion for the field. Research suggests that civil rights work, often done pro bono, boosts … Continue reading
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Trump vs Big Law
Grok says: The trajectory of this battle depends on several factors, but here’s a reasoned assessment: Escalation Against Other Firms: With a dozen more firms potentially in Trump’s crosshairs, the administration seems intent on expanding its punitive campaign. Firms tied … Continue reading
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Trump vs Big Law (3-23-25)
01:00 People are turning to AI chatbots for empathy and advice, https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/empathy-chatbot-turing-therapist04:00 2Way: “He Is Salting the Earth”: Trump’s “Coming In and Laying Waste to These People With the Sword”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0V9iSiTgeg15:00 Axios: The robot empathy divide, https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/empathy-chatbot-turing-therapist17:00 FT: My date … Continue reading
Trump’s War On Big Law
🧵🧵 The Law Firms that Run DC I see a lot of articles saying how President Trump is attacking law firms in Washington DC because he is vindictive. When in fact, it has nothing to do with being vindictive, and … Continue reading
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NYT: ‘Law Firm Bends in Face of Trump Demands’
The New York Times reports: Paul, Weiss — one of three law firms targeted by President Trump as part of his retribution campaign — said it resolved the conflict by agreeing to a range of commitments… The deal materialized after … Continue reading
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Why was Big Law so heavily on the side of same-sex marriage?
Grok says: Big Law—those massive, elite law firms like Skadden, Latham, or Cravath—threw significant weight behind same-sex marriage, especially in the lead-up to Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), the Supreme Court case that legalized it nationwide. Their support wasn’t just casual; … Continue reading
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The Most Powerful Court in the World: A History of the Supreme Court of the United States
UCLA law professor Stuart Banner writes in this 2024 book: * The most partisan justice of all was Samuel Chase. Appointed to the Court in 1796 after a long career as a legislator and a judge in Maryland, Chase was … Continue reading