Law firms say the White House isn’t dictating their pro bono work. Trump seems to disagree. David Kendall is a D.C. lawyer.

On March 27, Trump ordered the federal government to stop working with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale)—suspending the law firm’s security clearances, directing federal agencies ...

The head of law firm Paul Weiss sent a lengthy email to staffers defending the firm's negotiated deal with President Trump. It's not clear it worked.

In Paul Weiss’s case, the president cited the firm’s ties to Mark Pomerantz, who had a two-decade association with the firm before going to work on an investigation at the Manhattan district ...

Lawyers, myself included, have long known of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, which used to be a one-location New ...

Trump’s version of the agreement states, “Paul Weiss has acknowledged the wrongdoing of its former partner Mark Pomerantz,” but no such stab in the back appears in the firm’s agreement ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of actions President Trump has taken against other law firms. Shame on the venerable Paul Weiss law firm for giving in to ...