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Mar 21 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email: "Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not continue to work here."Jeremy and colleagues, Many deals I work on have concepts of conditional notice. This is mine. Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment, which should include at minimum (i) signing on to the firm amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie in its litigation fighting the Trump administration's executive order against it, ii) committing to broad future representation, regardless of whether powerful people view it as adverse to them, (iii) refusal to cooperate with the EEOC's request for personal information of...
The associate, Rachel Cohen, recently organized an open letter that called on Big Law to respond to Trump's executive orders designed to sanction three prominent firms. The letter was signed by more than 300 Big Law associates.

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Within hours after sending the firm-wide notice, Cohen says she lost access to her firm email account.

"If being on this career path demands I accept that my industry—because this is certainly not unique to Skadden—will allow an authoritarian government to ignore the courts, I refuse to take it any further," she wrote on LinkedIn.

(You can read the full statement on LinkedIn here): linkedin.com/posts/rachelxc…

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NEW: Government officials insist that neither DOGE nor Musk have any real decision-making authority—they merely “advise.”

But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots.

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Apr 17
NEW: Fourth Circuit shoots down the Trump administration’s efforts to appeal order requiring it to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court’s recent decision.” Image
“It is difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case, it is not hard at all. The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process..”

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“[The government] claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done. This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear..” Image
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Apr 11
NEW: At a hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, Judge Paula Xinis told the government that she will require "daily updates" on their efforts to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

The hearing followed last night's ruling from SCOTUS, which held that the Trump administration must facilitate Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador.
Drew Ensign, who has represented the gov in the JGG matter before Judge Boasberg, represented DOJ during the hearing.

Judge Xinis asked Ensign to answer three questions that she previously directed the government to answer in a written filing.
Judge Xinis started with the first question: Why did the government not comply with my order and give me a declaration of someone with personal knowledge about Mr. Abrego Garcia's current location and status?

Ensign: We've said what we can say.... I do not have that info
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Apr 6
NEW: Last fall, Ed Martin—Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, DC—presented an award to Jan. 6 defendant Tim Hale, who prosecutors described as a “Nazi sympathizer.”

Here’s a video of that moment, in which Martin calls Hale an “extraordinary man” and “extraordinary leader” of “those who have survived January 6.”
Who is the man that Ed Martin referred to as an “extraordinary leader”?

In court filings, federal prosecutors described Timothy Hale as a “white supremacist.”

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“Yeah. Well, you know, as Jefferson said, the price—the tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants,” Hale-Cusanelli responded.Image
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Apr 5
Erez Reuveni argued on behalf of the Justice Department during Friday’s hearing in the Abrego Garcia case.

Reuveni has reportedly been placed on leave.

Here’s one exchange with the judge that may have contributed to his ouster: THE COURT: Mr. Abrego Garcia should not have been removed, right? MR. REUVENI: Yes. THE COURT: Can you answer for me, then, on what authority was he seized? When he was --when he was taken off the street, taken out of his car, what authority did those law enforcement officers have to do that? MR. REUVENI: So, Your Honor, my answer to a lot of these questions is going to be frustrating. I am also frustrated that I have no answers for you on a lot of these questions.
Here’s another exchange that might have been disagreeable to DOJ leadership, who have accused Reuveni of failing to “zealously advocate” on behalf of the United States: Image
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Mar 23
THREAD: Law firm statements issued in response to Trump’s executive orders targeting lawyers.

(This thread will be updated as more statements are released. Want to flag something I missed? DM me, email me at anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org, or message on Signal at annabower.24)🧵⬇️
Keker, Van Nest, & Peters:

“We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie's challenge to the Administration's executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration's erosion of the rule of law." Image
Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC: “Make no mistake, the goal of the Trump Administration is not only to punish specific lawyers or firms, but to chill the legal profession itself, until there is no one left willing to stand up in court and say, 'This is wrong.'” For decades, the lawyers of Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC have stood with the people, fighting to uphold the rights of employees, safeguard constitutional protections, and ensure that no one is above the law. We have represented individuals and classes of people who have faced discrimination, retaliation, and injustice, not because it was easy, but because it was the right thing to do. The Trump Administration's recent memorandum targeting attorneys who dare to challenge unlawful actions is a direct threat to the rule of law. It is meant to intimidate law firms like ours and to discourage the k...
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