The Failure of Big Law
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This is much more Paul or Scott’s beat than mine, but this is worth noting–Big Law is completely complicit with Trumpism and the rise of American fascism:
The largest law firms in the United States have been far less likely to challenge President Donald Trump’s policies than they were during his first term, and smaller firms are carrying much more of the burden of high-stakes legal challenges, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
Large firms represented plaintiffs in 15 percent of cases challenging Trump executive orders between the start of his term in January and mid-September, compared with roughly 75 percent of cases during a comparable period in Trump’s first term, The Post found. The analysis examined civil complaints and court records from legal research website CourtListener mentioning Trump and the term “executive order” for each time period.
The shift by large firms has put a significant extra burden on small- and medium-sized firms. They have taken on more of the workload in the nearly 400 lawsuits filed between January and mid-September, according to The Post’s analysis. Trump signed more than 200 executive orders in that time period, well above the count from the first eight months of his first term. Some of his executive orders this spring targeted major law firms.
The Post’s analysis was largely based on reviews of court records and interviews with attorneys who have litigation experience challenging government actions. The disputes examined in the analysis covered issues including dismissal of federal employees, health benefits, education resources and immigration.
In some cases, firms whose resources were stretched thin and whose lawyers became worn out have turned down clients facing life-changing issues tied to Trump’s policies. Firms such as the Baltimore outfit Brown, Goldstein & Levy, with about 20 attorneys, aren’t equipped to assist the deluge of people who say they have been harmed by the administration’s directives, said Eve Hill, a partner.
“They beg us,” said Hill, who represents people with disabilities suing the government over cuts to the Social Security Administration. “They say, ‘I’m going to lose my job and my home. … I’m going to lose my family.’”
Leave the real cases to the little guys, we might make more money from bringing in friends of Stephen Miller–quite the way to operate in “defending” the law. Pathetic.