Trump’s Big Law Deals Spell Out Broad Enforcement Terms

President Donald Trump’s deal with four law firms contains no specifics about how they’re going to make good on their $500 million pledge of free legal services, but a separate agreement with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requires ongoing reporting about their compliance.

The firms struck deals in tandem with Trump and the EEOC to avoid punitive executive orders and resolve a federal probe of their diversity hiring programs. The agreements, and those with five other law firms, have been panned as a “shakedown” by Democrats and prompted questions about whether some of the world’s most powerful firms are ...