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Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal with Trump from a Case
- duxup 1y agoIf I'm a company and I hire a firm / some lawyers who have some sort of outstanding (potentially unconstitutional) deal with those in power to do something amorphous like: >Simpson Thacher reached a deal with the White House last month in which the firm committed to perform $125 million in free legal work for causes acceptable to the Trump administration. How can I even know that the folks I hired aren't potentially directly / indirectly working against my interests? or just a phone call / threats away from doing that? They already crumpled under the pressure from an administration with no respect for the law ... I don't know that this IS Microsoft's point of view, but it seems to be a rational one.
- JohnFen 1y agoThat's pretty much the calculation that I'd make. Any law firm that knuckled under so quickly is lacking the ethical sensibility and/or backbone I want in a law firm.