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Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
By
targeting
law
firms
because
they
represented
clients
that
took
positions
adverse
to
the
Administration’s
policy
priorities,
the
Orders
have
deterred
both
law
firms
and
companies
from
engaging
with
the
legal
system
in
ways
that
may
displease
the
Administration
out
of
fear
of
federal
retaliation.
— General
Counsels
United,
a
nationwide
non-partisan
collective
of
more
than
800 general
counsels,
in
an
amicus
brief
filed
in
support
of
the
Biglaw
firms
targeted
by
Donald
Trump’s
Executive
Orders.
“The
Orders
have
already
distorted
the
lens
through
which
general
counsels
must
make
outside-counsel
decisions,
even
before
any
agency
has
implemented
any
part
of
these
Orders,”
the
brief
continues.
“If
allowed
to
take
effect,
the
Orders
would
require
federal
government
contractors
to
report
every
matter
in
which
they
have
engaged
a
targeted
law
firm;
require
federal
agencies
to
review
all
federal
government
contracts
with
companies
that
hired
the
targeted
firms;
limit
all
federal
employees
from
‘engaging’
with
employees
of
the
targeted
firms;
bar
every
employee
of
the
targeted
firms
from
accessing
‘Federal
Government
buildings’
(including,
presumably,
the
federal
courts)
and
suspend
all
security
clearances
for
attorneys
who
work
at
those
law
firms.”