Trump Attack on Covington Contracts Shows Firms’ Risk (Correct)

President Donald Trump’s directive to review government contracts with Covington & Burling shows the risk for Big Law firms working with US agencies.

Firms should prepare for the possibility of negative exposure through Trump administration examinations, said Evan Nierman, chief executive of crisis communications firm Red Banyan. “What smart organizations understand is the best time to combat a crisis is before you have one,” he said.

Trump in a Feb. 25 memo directed agencies to review contracts with Covington and “align their agency funding decisions” with citizen interests. He criticized “the weaponization of our system by law firms” as Covington ...