Five Huge Law Firms Cut $600M Deals With Trump: The Brief

FIVE OF THE WORLD’S biggest law firms reached deals with President Donald Trump, pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in pro bono work on the president’s behalf in exchange for avoiding punitive orders and federal discrimination investigations against four of them, Chris Opfer reports.

• Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Cadwalder, and A&O Shearman are committing at least $600 million combined in pro bono legal services to causes advocated by Trump, the president said via Truth Social. The agreements are similar to deals recently reached between Trump and four other firms, bringing the total amount of ...