It’s
been
a
little
over
six
months
since
Donald
Trump
fired
off
a
retaliatory
executive
order
threatening
to
shut
down
Paul
Weiss’s
ability
to
do
business
as
a
global
law
firm,
which
the
firm
immediately
followed
with
sycophantic
groveling.
Paul
Weiss
offered
the
administration
$40
million
in
free
legal
services
—
ostensibly
for
conservative-friendly
charities
—
but
we’ve
since
learned
that
they’ve
taken
on
a
role
papering
up
work
for
the
Commerce
Department
in
a
questionably
legal
arrangement.
But
the
firm’s
role
as
the
White
House’s
Groom
of
the
Stool
hasn’t
sat
well
with
everyone.
And
while
some
departed
to
less
compromised
shores,
others
have
just
hoped
we’d
all
stop
talking
about
it.
Over
the
weekend,
an
account
explicitly
named
after
Paul
Weiss
and
the
other
firms
who
signed
onto
cowardly
deals
with
the
administration
to
avoid
plainly
illegal
retaliation,
engaged
with
a
prominent
Paul
Weiss
partner
and
got
immediately
blocked.
No
one
should
expect
a
partner
to
publicly
throw
the
firm
under
the
bus.
At
least
not
until
they’ve
sketched
out
an
escape
plan.
But
just
ignoring
a
critic
reply
is
free!
Instead,
we’ve
got
a
Streisand
Effect
—
an
example
of
the
reaction
creating
more
of
a
story
than
the
original
event.
We
almost
certainly
would
never
have
heard
about
it
again
if
he’d
just
ignored
the
hashtag.
But
it
seems
the
“Capitulation
Firm”
branding
strikes
a
nerve
over
there.
Would
be
a
shame
if
people
kept
calling
it
out
on
social
media…
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