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feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
The
district
court
wrote
careful
opinions
which
were
relatively
consistent.
An
ordinary
litigant
might
have
said
it’s
not
worth
it.
But
the
desire
to
win
on
appeal
is
not
the
only
reason
to
pursue
these
appeals.
The
appeals
force
the
targeted
firms
to
incur
significant
legal
fees
and
live
with
some
measure
of
uncertainty.
The
fact
that
the
cases
have
not
been
finally
resolved
may
have
some
in
terrorem
effects
on
other
firms
that
are
observing
what
is
happening.
—
Leslie
Levin,
a
legal
ethics
professor
at
the
University
of
Connecticut
Law
School,
in
comments
given
to
Law.com,
concerning
the
Trump
administration’s
retaliatory
law
firm
executive
orders.
Each
firm
that
challenged
in
court
successfully
attained
injunctions,
with
the
orders
found
unconstitutional.
Scott
Cummings,
a
legal
ethics
professor
at
UCLA
School
of
Law,
echoed
Levin’s
thoughts,
telling
Law.com,
“I
think
it’s
inevitable
that
they
headed
this
direction,
[for
the
government
to]
move
these
things
as
far
as
it
possibly
can
move
them,
even
just
to
impose
additional
kind
of
pressure
and
expense
on
the
law
firms.”
Cummings
went
on
to
assess
Trump’s
chances
on
appeal,
saying,
“I
think
the
outcomes
will
be
inevitable
against
the
government.
I
think
all
four
injunction
orders
are
very
strong.”
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