Trump gets $100M deal with Skadden law firm amid pressure campaign

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Friday announced a deal with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal services “during the Trump administration and beyond.”

The agreement comes as Trump has signed executive orders targeting Big Law firms tied to his critics and perceived political enemies, restricting the work they can do with the federal government.

“This was essentially a settlement,” Trump said, adding that “we very much appreciate their coming to the table.”

The president has not signed an order aimed at Skadden, though the administration has signaled that additional law firms could come under fire. The New York Times reported Thursday that Skadden appeared to be the first major firm seeking to cut a deal with Trump before he issued such an order.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5220137-trump-skadden-100-million-pro-bono/

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Way to obey in advance, Skadden.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

1. See you at the tribunal, sycophants.

Collaborators are treated very well when occupation regimes fall, aren't they?

[LaRaven]

2. Wow...this is getting really bad! The coup has arrived in just two months😳

[Raven]

3. I'm ashamed to be a lawyer.

[underpants]

4. This seems like a preemptive settlement

[kysrsoze]

5. It's called bribery and extortion

[Trust_Reality]

12. Bribery and extortion are so ugly.

[JoseBalow]

6. This new lawyer shakedown grift is turning out to be quite lucrative

I expect to see much more of it soon.

[Callie1979]

7. Screw these wimps. I'm sick of people with the ability to FIGHT caving in.

EVERY one of these attorneys have the means to never work another day if they wanted to. Or work elsewhere or in a different specialty. And by "fight"; all they have to do is wait on the courts to rule against trump. Which they've already done once.
Jackholes
This will just get MORE trump blackmail.

[chowder66]

8. The only way they will be forgiven or survive after this is if they tank any lawsuits on behalf of that POS.

[RobinA]

9. Damn, This Guy Is Good

He's a stone moron but he's extorting major law firms (who've done nothing wrong that we know of!!!) out of real money. I worked for Big Law for a bit and I have to say, I am surprised. I thought those guys kicked better butt.

[SunSeeker]

10. It's more money than the $40M Paul Weiss committed, but without the Trump control of the work, apparently.

Under the deal, Trump said Skadden won’t deny representation to clients from “politically disenfranchised groups, who have not historically received legal representation from major national law firms.”  

The firm’s assistance will include a focus on assisting veterans and other public servants, the president said, including “members of the military, law enforcement and on and on.” 

Skadden will also commit to “merit-based hiring, promotion and retention” and fund at least five fellows as part of a scholarship fund, Trump said.  

The $100M deal does not appear to be significantly different from what Skadden Arps has always done. It has always engaged in "merit based" hiring, always hiring only the very top graduates of the most elite law schools. But I would like to see the text of the agreement. It should be public record.

[PSPS]

11. "It has always engaged in 'merit based' hiring"

Probably defined a different way. In this "deal," the term "merit based" would mean white straight male.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Hell of a shake down