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Yellow Shoe Law Firms @yellowshoefirms.bsky.social · Sep 25
abovethelaw.com/2025/04/bigl...
Biglaw Is Under Attack. Here's What The Firms Are Doing About It. - Above the Law
Introducing the Biglaw Spine Index.
abovethelaw.com
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"Lawyers and law firms that contemplate agreeing with a government to conditions that may limit or shape their law practices must examine whether such conduct will create issues under the Rules of Professional Conduct." Ethics Op on law firms striking deals w POTUS. www.dcbar.org/For-Lawyers/...
DC Bar - Ethics Opinion 391
Ethics Opinion 391
www.dcbar.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
What a shitshow
debpearlstein.bsky.social Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · Oct 28
Wow. "Months after law firms made deals with President Trump to ward off punitive executive orders, the ethics committee of the District of Columbia Bar is warning that such arrangements may require firms to drop or obtain waivers from all clients who have interests at odds with the government."
After Law Firm Deals With Trump, D.C. Bar Warns of Ethical Jeopardy
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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razzball.bsky.social
doug emhoff's law firm cut a deal with trump to provide him 100 million in pro bono law services and eliminate all dei initiatives. seven partners resigned, doug emhoff did not 💙
douglasemhoff.bsky.social Doug Emhoff @douglasemhoff.bsky.social · Oct 18
No Kings Santa Monica
October 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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joellava.bsky.social
Don't forget Musk is still dangerous and capitulating law firms are anti American

#teslatakedown #indivisible #musk #doge #coup @teslatakedown.com #tesla #paulweiss
October 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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We’re suing for the agreements the Trump admin reached with law firms. @knightcolumbia.org knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
Knight Institute Seeks Immediate Release of Trump Administration Agreements with Major Law Firms
knightcolumbia.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Nation’s biggest law firms back off from challenging Trump policies
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Nation’s biggest law firms back off from challenging Trump policies
The pace generated by more than 390 lawsuits challenging Trump administration actions has lawyers from many firms working around-the-clock.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
The cowardice of Big Law extends beyond the handful of firms that have become Trump’s collaborators. Many more are simply hiding and hoping not to be noticed.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Oct 26
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump’s orders unnerved many in the industry and appear to have discouraged some large firms from taking on cases they would otherwise have backed, lawyers say. That has dried up a formerly reliable supply of help from large law offices for people and institutions challenging government policies. The American Bar Association, which joined or filed four lawsuits against the Trump administration, “has experienced difficulty finding previously willing law firms to represent it,” its attorneys wrote in court papers. In one case, the organization said, it was unable to join a lawsuit challenging the administration because it could not get attorneys in time.
October 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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@newyorker.com - “It’s not inconceivable that, had the firms resisted the President’s executive orders, his momentum for lawlessness might have been curbed.”
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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@newyorker.com - “It’s not inconceivable that, had the firms resisted the President’s executive orders, his momentum for lawlessness might have been curbed.”
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
Thanks, capitulation firms! Amazing job.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Oct 26
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump’s orders unnerved many in the industry and appear to have discouraged some large firms from taking on cases they would otherwise have backed, lawyers say. That has dried up a formerly reliable supply of help from large law offices for people and institutions challenging government policies. The American Bar Association, which joined or filed four lawsuits against the Trump administration, “has experienced difficulty finding previously willing law firms to represent it,” its attorneys wrote in court papers. In one case, the organization said, it was unable to join a lawsuit challenging the administration because it could not get attorneys in time.
October 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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OH HELL YES INDEED
audrelawdamercy.bsky.social Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · Oct 18
👀 someone calling out big law firm complicity and cowardice
Sign reading BIG LAW LITTLE BALLS, and then listing a bunch of lil ball'd firms: A&O Shearman Cadwalder, Wickersham Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Milbank Paul, Weiss Simpson Thatcher Skadden, Arpa Willkie Farr Then the sign ends with a Trump quote that should make these firms put their heads in the proverbial bag: "They gave me a lot of money considering they did nothing wrong"
October 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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THANK YOU KANNON AND PAUL WEISS WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU! 😘

#CapitulationFirmLawyer

@abovethelaw.com @joepatrice.bsky.social

abovethelaw.com/2025/10/capi...
Capitulating To Trump Seems To Be A Sore Subject For Lawyers At Firms That Capitulated To Trump - Above the Law
Streisand Effect in full effect.
abovethelaw.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
Lets crowdsource every #CapitulationFirmLawyer on Bluesky.

A start:

@kannonshanmugam.bsky.social

@nealkatyal.bsky.social

@douglasemhoff.bsky.social

@maxsiegel.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
True to form, when Paul Weiss partner Kannon Shanmugam faced a little challenge, did he fight back? Did he stick up for his firm? Did he advocate on his own behalf?

Lol. Of course not! He tried to hide.

#CapitulationFirmLawyer
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
True to form, when Paul Weiss partner Kannon Shanmugam faced a little challenge, did he fight back? Did he stick up for his firm? Did he advocate on his own behalf?

Lol. Of course not! He tried to hide.

#CapitulationFirmLawyer
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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www.thebulwark.com/p/uprising-a...
An Uprising at a Big Law Firm Targeted by Trump
Hundreds of associates at A&O Shearman have openly put their names on a letter pleading with leadership not to settle.
www.thebulwark.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
Lets crowdsource every #CapitulationFirmLawyer on Bluesky.

A start:

@kannonshanmugam.bsky.social

@nealkatyal.bsky.social

@douglasemhoff.bsky.social

@maxsiegel.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
Hero!
October 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
THANK YOU KANNON AND PAUL WEISS WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU! 😘

#CapitulationFirmLawyer

@abovethelaw.com @joepatrice.bsky.social

abovethelaw.com/2025/10/capi...
Capitulating To Trump Seems To Be A Sore Subject For Lawyers At Firms That Capitulated To Trump - Above the Law
Streisand Effect in full effect.
abovethelaw.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
Sweet lord this is glorious
October 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The firms that settled with Trump instead of fighting for their constitutional rights, will always sell out their clients to Trump. Who in their right mind would hire a law firm to defend them against the govt or Trumps policies, knowing the firm has already bent a knee to him and kissed his ass.
For law firms that appeased Trump, the consequences go from bad to worse
The firms that struck deals with the White House are losing clients, partners, associates and credibility within the industry.
www.msnbc.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
Paul Weiss partner Kannon Shanmugam blocking me seems not that brilliant. His posts here get a handful of likes. Don’t #CapitulationFirmLawyers learn about the Streisand Effect, @elienyc.bsky.social?
October 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
Hey @abovethelaw.com, Paul Weiss partner Kannon Shanmugam instantly blocked me when I replied to his post with #CapitulationFirmLawyer.

Touchy, touchy.
October 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
yellowshoefirms.bsky.social
Adam Serwer nails it here.

“These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is”
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Sep 25
Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate stands out because so many other well-situated people—those with the resources, platform, and power to stand up to the president, including, initially, the leaders of ABC—have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves. One by one, American leaders supposedly committed to principles of free speech, due process, democracy, and equality have abandoned those ideals when menaced by the Trump administration. These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up. Defending democracy requires a collective refusal to acquiesce to lawless behavior from many different sectors of society. All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks on constitutional government, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility.
October 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM