A&O Shearman: Big Law firm says its Trump deal is nothing more than a 364-word Truth Social post
DU thread from April: 'Uprising' at major law firm that just cut a deal with Trump: report
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Source: Insider
Big Law firm says its Trump deal is nothing more than a 364-word Truth Social post
Jacob Shamsian,Jack Newsham
Thu, May 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM EDT 5 min read
• A&O Shearman says its deal with Trump includes nothing beyond the president's brief Truth Social post.
• Trump's posts don't explain how his deals with Big Law firms are supposed to be enforced.
• For A&O Shearman, at least, the terms remain vague.
For one of the Big Law firms that made a deal with President Donald Trump, it's the Truth Social, the whole Truth Social, and nothing but the Truth Social.
In a letter to Congress, A&O Shearman said Trump's 364-word Truth Social post constituted "the complete terms" of the deal. A&O Shearman and three other firms pledged $125 million each in free legal work toward Trump's political priorities, according to the post.
"The complete terms of the Agreement are as set forth in the four numbered paragraphs of the President's April 11, 2025 social media post," William E. White and William J.F. Roll III, the firm's co-general counsels, wrote in the May 8 letter.
Prior to A&O Shearman's letter to Congress, it was unclear whether any law firm had a written agreement spelling out the terms of the deals. A Justice Department lawyer, in litigation related to Trump's executive orders targeting law firms that didn't strike deals with Trump, has said in court that he didn't know whether any such agreements existed.
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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/big-law-firm-says-trump-162346779.html
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