One of the US’ top law firms is scrambling to blunt an attack from the Trump administration. Brad Karp, the chairman of Paul Weiss and one of the most powerful lawyers in New York, has been in Washington this week meeting with officials in President Donald Trump’s orbit, people familiar with the matter said, days after the White House issued…
Paul Weiss, a large law firm that President Trump recently targeted with an executive order, has been fired by a prominent client facing foreign bribery charges over concerns he could be negatively impacted if he continues to retain the firm. Steven Schwartz, the former chief legal officer of Teaneck, N.J.-based Cognizant Technology Solutions, dropped Paul Weiss in response to Trump’s…
President Donald Trump has targeted Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in a broad order that seeks to punish the firm for the legal work of one of its former lawyers. The order, signed Friday, suspends the security clearances of firm personnel, restricts their use in government buildings, and cuts off any government contracts with the firm, while its practices…