Firms Change Little to Meet Trump Commitments: The Brief

THE NINE Big Law firms that pledged $940 million in free legal services to President Donald Trump to avoid punitive executive orders are changing little to meet their commitments, an approach supported by the deals’ vagueness and courts’ striking down orders against rivals, Justin Henry reports.

• The firms committed legal work in broad categories, such as fairness in the justice system and combating antisemitism. The deals also lack deadlines, definitions, or processes. Such ambiguities present an opening for the firms to meet their commitments in ways that avoid more public ridicule, such as by taking work they already do ...