Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
The
landscape
has
definitely
changed…We’ve
always
been
somewhat
risk
averse,
but
the
level
of
risk
has
changed.
There’s
more
attention
now
to
the
matters
that
firms
are
taking
on
because
the
risk
scenario
has
changed
here,
and
that
may
be
only
temporary.
We’re
not
at
‘hair
on
fire’
risk
level
anymore,
but
more
on
a
‘walking
on
eggshells’
kind
of
risk
level…We’ve
gotten
some
matters
cleared
that
two
months
ago
I
would
not
have
gotten
cleared.
—
An
Am
Law
50
pro
bono
leader,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer
on
background,
concerning
their
law
firm’s
internal
operations
in
the
wake
of
the
Trump
administration’s
overreach
into
the
world
of
pro
bono
work.
Nine
firms
that
capitulated
to
Trump
to
escape
actual
executive
orders
or
the
mere
threat
of
being
subjected
to
an
executive
order
pledged
nearly
$1
billion
in
pro
bono
payola
to
conservative
causes.
Staci
Zaretsky is
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Law,
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worked
since
2011.
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