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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee

By: Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg — 2 August 2026 at 14:03

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transformation.

Trump, Paul Weiss and the Capitulation of Big Law: 5 Takeaways

By: Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg — 2 August 2026 at 09:01

The law firm Paul Weiss led the legal resistance against President Trump. Then it led a sudden retreat across the legal industry. A Times investigation examined how it caved to White House pressure.

Paul Weiss’s offices in Washington.

A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security

By: Karen Zraick — 30 May 2025 at 23:59

The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.

Recent construction work on a sea wall to protect Charleston’s downtown areas.