The convicted felon has been destroying our government one program at a time! He is hurting us the people. We should be allowed to fight him back! I don’t know why our representatives aren’t fighting him back.
Because to them, ethics are an annoying afterthought. They think that by doing this, they think they are buying the favor of Dear Leader who will make them the MAGA law firm forever more. In spite of their fancy ivy league degrees, they can't see what's right in front of them
This was well considered by these firms' top members. Obviously they know they will get enough business from the corrupt Administration to keep them all wealthy.The fees will make it profitable to walk on their knees and hide their faces.They don't need to protect and defend those who are wronged.
Curious as I am not a lawyer….when these “agreements” are drawn, are they legally binding contracts? I get that this is “performance art”, but what are the legal ramifications should a firm , let’s say, decline to represent someone “referred” by the administration?
Skadden should temporarily up their fees to $1,000,000 per hour and do 100 hours of pro bono work. If they want to do other pro bono for these organizations that’s their business.
How is this proactive? Trump is using extortion to make another high-powered law firm roll over and play dead! WTH is wrong with them? I hope their clients don't expect the firm to fight for them because they won't fight for themselves. Trump is the devil in disguise 🥸!
They can STILL adhere to DEI principles, they just can't CALL it that- in fact, it sounds like their intention is to do just that.
I'm going to play along and act like their 100 million in probono work for the veterans that muskatell just fired is outrageous and an act of cowardice. grrr. 🐱
Copy of the actual e-mail sent to Skadden employees. It has #AltText, for those of us who need it. It reads like capitulation without any hidden meanings, especially the insistence that kowtowing is "complying with the law".
I'm sure that the veterans Rump will call on tem to help will be Hegseth and others in his administration. The "antisemitism" he refers to will no doubt be the hammer he'll use against any who are against plans he has with Israel.
Sure would've been cheaper than $100M to fight something clearly unconstitutional. If they thought they would lose, they must not be very effective attorneys.
They (EOs) enforce the behavior of the executive office. That’s it. So basically the FTC/EEOC (who is the office that comes up when I google this) they’ll ignore it. So basically they’re seemingly stopping enforcement of it.
I hope this law firm loses all their clients. Who could trust this firm? trump, the oligarchs, the silent majority republicans in caucus seem to think it's ok to attack the law every chance they get. If the individual law firms won't take a stand for the constitution who will? Not the republicans.
What happens when this administration violates the Constitution and laws of this nation in a way that leads to the deaths of thousands? How much fascism will be too much fascism for them? Trump is taking legal actors off of the board so that the public will be left defenseless
At some point they’ll have to. These law firms depend on corporations that depend on public consumption. If people aren’t able to consume or see them as complicit, their business dies. Making this deal is a short term fix but he won’t stop and they won’t be able to control him.
IMO, Skadden and Paul Weiss have now been colonized to be a part of by Stephen Miller's America First Legal where they want to eradicate the "radical left."
Trump & Co are INVADING its own people but call it self-defense. They are the aggressors & claim to be victims. They lie and claim the truth.
Is Trump appointing himself to the pro bono committee so he can choose what they do? Will it be all retribution cases against Biden? This is unbelievable. And 100M$? This law firm has way too much money. Who is lining their pockets so well that they can be extorted by Trump 🤔
Chump change for them. They have $3.3B in annual revenue. And, while they won't write off the $100 for tax purposes, you can bet the expenses are going to be huge and contribute to their tax offset.
Is it in any way appropriate that the president of the United States is releasing details like this on a privately owned social media platform which he's the major shareholder of?
I bet if a Skadden attorney were to try to assist an individual veteran in getting services from a decimated Veteran's Administration, they would be told that the agreement didn't mean they could actually help such veterans.
I read that Skadden was the one who proposed all of these terms, that they kept throwing more stuff into the agreement before trump even made any demands. Who would hire such cowardly, capitulating weasels. If true, how could you ever trust them to fight for you
What they should be, is out of business. I truly hope their clients are thinking hard about what it means for them to remain with this firm. I'm sure Jenner & Block or WilmerHale would love their business.
If you work for Skadden and don't quit, well, you're a bit of a dick.
“Skadden affirms its commitment to merit-based hiring, promotion, and retention. Accordingly, the Firm will not engage in illegal DEl discrimination and preferences.”
Trump: “I’m abusing my power to extort you.”
Skadden: “That seems bad, but lawyers are expensive these days, so… fine I guess? Here’s $100m please go away.
Hear me out, it sounds crazy-I know. I think he is doing this and securing these law firms to fight good people like Marc Elias and others who will fight what is happening. W/out this blackmail, who will defend the likes of the Heritage Foundation, Elon, proud boys, etc?
That's the point, from Trump Towering debt who notoriously stiffs everyone. Even Giuliani couldn't pay his attorney fees, so without that pro bono, most wouldn't take them on. They chewed through the ones that would have from the 1st time around.
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Each one gets worse. First 40 million in pro bono. And then 100 million. Guess you don’t want to be the last firm to settle. So completely and absolutely beyond nuts and terrifying
This is sick. Hitching your wagon to the losing horse? Or maybe they are one step ahead of us? In that, they are confident we the people will rise up and take the mofo out, so they don’t have to honor the contract. I am perhaps too generous, b/c damn they caved fast and far.
This is another excellent telltale sign of late stage capitalism's failure, foible and collapse. $100 million deal that can't be refused. Lawyers/liars are as potentially disgusting creatures as insurance companies, crypto bankers and tech butt buddies. C'mon Luigi, broaden the targets!
Sounds like fuckface was upset that all the grift money went to the attorneys last time around. Now he has hundreds of hours of legal work by top firms banked. Nobody will embarrass him by turning him down, no matter how egregious the offense.
I still don’t understand why in the world any of these firms are capitulating to wannabe king dickhead. To me, and I’m assuming to a lot of others, doing this would be the legal business kiss of death. If you can’t stand up for you, you’re definitely not gonna stand up for me. I just don’t get it.
I don’t understand a lot of things these days I guess. The biggest one I don’t get is how tRump and his ghouls are still consuming our oxygen, especially after the amount of needless suffering and death they’ve caused. They are a blight on this planet.
The richest people with the most power are folding because they see it as the easiest & cheapest way to deal with this. No balls, and no long term thinking.
Well put. All the firms fighting back should consider this an opportunity goldmine for pulling talent and clients away from the ones bending the knee jumping onto a sinking ship full of convicts.
Short term gain for long term pain. The writing is on the wall that tRump will fail, and if they can’t see that they’re morons. He’s hemorrhaging supporters by the minute and he only had 31.87% to begin with going in. They’re putting their money on the wrong horse. Everything tRump touches dies.
Skadden Sellout Statement Summary: Our law firm, being of dubious ethics and reprehensible character, hereby sell out the principles of the attorney oath to the bar. After all. it's better to get those benjamins to flout our lifestyle to lowlifes who can't afford to have us represent them.
Kudos to Perkins, Wilmer Hale, and Jenner for their clear stands against lawlessness. For any Harvard Law alumni who would also like to speak up, I invite you to join in this call for action-- sign on at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SyY...
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A client(s) of Perkins, Wilmer Hale, and Jenner are going to sue the sell out law firms, sooner than we might think because hiring, firing and promotion decisions are made constantly. This shame is all going to come out.
Weaponization of the justice system: co-opting the language of true marginalized and disenfranchised group’s is bizarre. How they can write this stuff with a straight face is beyond incredible. We are living in the sunken place because i definitely need to GET OUT. Stop the gaslighting!
Most states require lawyers to sign an oath that specifically requires them to uphold the Constitution, amongst other ethical mandates. None require any lawyer to be subject to a king or a fascist authority.
I take this as a declaration that they are not trustworthy.
Well. It sucks. I guess we will see what this really means but what does the term of trump and “beyond” mean? Beyond trump’s term?and with whom is this agreement with? How is it binding? And what illegal dei practices? What dei practices are illegal? Who will be making sure it all happens???
What have they even agreed upon? This "agreement" is filled with so many latent ambiguities that it's difficult to believe any competent lawyers were involved in drafting it.
I hope any client they currently have realizes they better not do anything to make Trump mad. I would leave now. Any attorney who has integrity should leave this firm!
"Judge Bates calls Trump's EO 'disturbing' and 'troubling,' especially attack on pro bono practice," legal expert Adam Klasfeld, Just Security fellow.
I can see the deals cut by Cheeto will be void when a clear decision is made by the courts.
#2 “providing services to individuals” you don’t suspect he’s going to expect them to represent J6 Insurrectionist? Seems like it could be anyone he wants them to represent.
Yes! Do they think their lawyers are too crappy to win the case? Do they want to tell opposing lawyers that they can be bought for the right price? I hope both capitulating firms are cooked.
Just shameful. They could have sued as the others did but instead they caved to a bully and tyrant. Who would hire them in a lawsuit against this federal government? If this snowballs, average Americans could wind up with little opportunity to hire legal representation against gov’t illegal action.
I know a lot of people who went to work for firms like Skadden. They endured long enough to pay down their student loans then got the hell out of there.
I am reluctant to raise this but, given Trump's inclination to litigation, I can't imagine what Skadden's malpractice carrier is going to charge to cover any claims that might stem from the pro bono services provided under this settlement.
That seems extremely prudent. Why are these firms giving away the shop? Are they being personally threatened? I can’t think of any other reason for these choices.
I was a personel associate for major employment agency back in the 80s and 90s Skadden was one of my clients , a major player back then during the securities takeovers rampant back then...my how the mighty have fallen.....they have destroyed their reputation forever more...
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- Emperor Tiberius on the Roman Senate
as (mis)quoted by Gore Vidal
That's shocking surrender.
What cowards.
Why aren't these cowards fighting the extortion?
They are north korea crazy.
I'm going to play along and act like their 100 million in probono work for the veterans that muskatell just fired is outrageous and an act of cowardice. grrr. 🐱
Gross.
Yuck.
Why didn’t they sue the trump administration?????????
Source: https://www.ftc.gov/policy-notices/no-fear-act/protections-against-discrimination
Trump & Co are INVADING its own people but call it self-defense. They are the aggressors & claim to be victims. They lie and claim the truth.
May trigeminal neuralgia befall him and all like him.
(The only King we recognize in these United States.)
And he is kind of a dark lord. His first name is Stephen.
If you work for Skadden and don't quit, well, you're a bit of a dick.
Skadden: “That seems bad, but lawyers are expensive these days, so… fine I guess? Here’s $100m please go away.
NEVER FORGET
I'd like to plant them in my lawn until it's full of them.
They could ultimately pull the country out of this nightmare.
Just pathetic.
The richest people with the most power are folding because they see it as the easiest & cheapest way to deal with this. No balls, and no long term thinking.
5. Please, Sir, may I have another?
Like everything maga crybullies over, it's always to gain a completely one-sided advantage.
This fascist regime will not last long, but our memories of the capitulators will.
I take this as a declaration that they are not trustworthy.
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.inbar.org/resource/resmgr/litigation/Oaths.pdf
They are so smart.
I can see the deals cut by Cheeto will be void when a clear decision is made by the courts.
BWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAA
The flop might work on a basketball court sometimes, but not so great in litigation.
One already has...
We live during dangerous times…
I worked for some big NY law firms in the 1980s. I would have quit on the spot rather than participate in this kind of toadying to fascism.
I know a lot of people who went to work for firms like Skadden. They endured long enough to pay down their student loans then got the hell out of there.
https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2025/03/job-fair-for-current-and-former-feds-draws-over-1k/
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Free of charge for their orange stained master.
Absolute cowards.
~ #JuliusCeasar ✍🏻
#Cowards #Skadden #tRUmp
companies?
When we get through this, the names of the companies & people who enabled, cooperated or capitulated will be a stain on history & will never recover.
Their descendants will detest them.
These law firms are the pillars of Democracy crumbling before our eyes.
Shame on you Skadden.
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