Ex-Cognizant Executive Rethinking Paul Weiss After Trump Deal

Former Cognizant Technology Solutions executive Steven Schwartz appears to be rethinking his decision to fire Paul Weiss now that President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order that took aim at the firm.

Lawyers from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP had been defending Schwartz on foreign bribery charges since 2018. But the lawyers filed a motion to withdraw March 19, saying Schwartz was terminating them in response to Trump’s March 14 executive order targeting the law firm.

Schwartz “is considering and consulting with counsel regarding the announcement last night that the President has rescinded the March 14, 2025 ...