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 attention to this saga. Posts from March 24, 2025, highlight the legal community’s unease, with users noting Trump’s clash with Big Law as potentially “splintering the legal community further” (e.g., a post citing a New York Times article titled “Trump, Big Law, and an ‘Existential Crisis’”). Another post from the same day references Steve Bannon claiming Trump aims to “cripple elite law firms” and “bankrupt” Big Law, indicating ongoing rhetoric from Trump allies that could signal future moves. However, these posts do not confirm new actions or events within the precise 24-hour timeframe—just continued discussion of prior developments.
…the story appears to be in a holding pattern as of this moment. The legal community’s response—such as Perkins Coie’s ongoing lawsuit or the open letter from associates urging firms to resist—continues to simmer, but no major escalation or resolution has emerged in the past 24 hours. That said, the situation’s volatility suggests that new developments could arise soon, particularly as courts and firms react to Trump’s pressure campaign.
The Financial Times published yesterday:
“Brad Karp is the sacrificial lamb and in the grand scheme of things it’s a good deal,” said a top corporate lawyer at a rival group. “Trump asked him to do $40mn of pro bono work on antisemitism, which is not helping get hooligans out of jail . . . It’s more the humiliation for Brad to get down on his knee and kiss the ring.”
Another rival said Karp tried to build a coalition of firms to fight but others were slow to back the cause…
“So there’s not a lot of backbone generally,” the source said. “I mean, what we’re seeing is how little backbone there is among law firms . . . at the end of the day they are capitalists.”
