Major law firm Skadden strikes $100 million deal to avoid Trump executive order

Major law firm Skadden strikes $100 million deal to avoid Trump executive order


The Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom law firm will provide $100 million in pro bono work to the Trump administration to avoid an executive order punishing it for allegedly weaponizing the legal system against conservatives.

President Donald Trump has targeted several of Skadden’s competitors with executive orders in the last two months, but the New York City-based firm is the first to cut a deal before an order could be issued. It comes after the law firm Paul, Weiss agreed to provide $40 million in pro bono work in order for Trump to rescind an order targeting it.

Trump said the Skadden deal was “essentially a settlement.”

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The Skadden firm will provide pro bono services to the White House along with “a wide variety of

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