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Ida loves Earth<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weiss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jenner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jenner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawfirms</span></a> </p><p>"While the firms that rejected a deal and fought back have now notched a string of decisive wins in court, others that sought to appease Mr. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> have seen high-profile resignations and internal discord. Last week, four of Paul Weiss’s best-known partners resigned to start their own venture, after others, including the firm’s top pro bono leader, left shortly after the order."</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-law-firms-wilmerhale.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-law-firms-wilmerhale.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Loses Another Battle in His War Against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirms</span></a></p><p>A judge struck down an executive order targeting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a>, in the latest victory for the handful of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> firms that have fought back against a Trump admin crackdown.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-law-firms-wilmerhale.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=11948D2F-6214-4AB3-8467-40B9EA1821B9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-law-firms-wilmerhale.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=11948D2F-6214-4AB3-8467-40B9EA1821B9</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> </p><p>From page 18:<br>“Please—that dog won’t hunt!”</p><p>From page 19:<br>“…this argument [by <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>] is absurd!”</p><p>Page 33:<br>“The [Executive] Order shouts through a bullhorn: If you take on causes disfavored by President Trump, you will be punished!”</p><p>Page 68:<br>“The intended and actual effect of the Order’s sanctions is to drive clients away from WilmerHale!”</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/EO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EO</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/lawfirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawfirms</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Richard Leon, George W. Bush appointee, says he is “inclined to grant” a temporary restraining order <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRO</span></a> against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, barring it from punishing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirm</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a>. The judge did not rule from the bench during the hearing, but said he would issue a written decision in a matter of hours.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Lawyer Paul Clement argued on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirm</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a>’s behalf that it was “clear as day” that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> against the firm violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>. He said the chilling effect on the firm’s business had been immediate.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyer Richard Lawson urged Judge Leon not to issue a temporary restraining order <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRO</span></a>, arguing the specific limitations for Wilmer Hale had not been decided, so there was no reason to rush a court decision.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Updates on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirms</span></a> targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a> [employed Robert Mueller] — Judge Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, set a 4:30 PM hearing</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JennerBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JennerBlock</span></a> [employed Andrew Weissmann] — Judge Bates, another a George W. Bush appointee, set a 5:45PM hearing</p><p>Last Fri, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PerkinsCoie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerkinsCoie</span></a> [worked for Hillary Clinton] got a TRO while the case moves forward.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulWeiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulWeiss</span></a>, cut a deal w/Trump last month, promising $40M in pro bono legal services &amp; to hire an outside consultant to review employment practices.</p>
Universal Hub<p>Law firm fights back against regime's effort to destroy it<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/law-firm-fights-back-against-regimes-effort-destroy-it" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/law-firm</span><span class="invisible">-fights-back-against-regimes-effort-destroy-it</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Other elite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> firms have been hit w/similar sanctions, leaving them to choose whether to fight the orders or cut a *deal* w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to remove the restrictions, even as a judge has already blocked one of the orders because it is likely to be unlawful.</p><p>The order said Trump was in part punishing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a> for the firm’s connections to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a>, who led an inquiry that the order described as “one of the most partisan investigations in American history.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In an EO, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> hit the elite firm w/many of the same penalties that he had applied to its competitors who had taken on cases or causes he did not like.</p><p>He directed the cancellation of all govt contracts w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a>, &amp; the suspension of any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> clearances of its employees. The order also barred WilmerHale employees from federal buildings [Federal Court buildings fall into the category], banned them from communicating w/govt employees &amp; prevented them from being hired at govt agencies.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Targets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a>, Citing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirm</span></a>’s Connection to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RobertMueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertMueller</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a>, who worked at WilmerHale before retiring in 2021, had investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> during Trump’s first term.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/trump-wilmerhale-law-firm-mueller.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=EB968B02-59E6-44C9-B0A7-4057762D4A42" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-wilmerhale-law-firm-mueller.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=EB968B02-59E6-44C9-B0A7-4057762D4A42</span></a></p>
IT News<p>OpenAI CEO Altman wasn’t fired because of scary new tech, just internal politics - Enlarge / OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event o... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2009160" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2009160</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/largelanguagemodels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>largelanguagemodels</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gregbrockman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gregbrockman</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/helentoner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>helentoner</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wilmerhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wilmerhale</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/samaltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samaltman</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiethics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aisafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aisafety</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgtp</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biz</span></a>⁢ <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gpt</span></a>-4 <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>OpenAI said the investigation by the law firm <a href="https://noc.social/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a> concluded that Altman’s ouster had been a “consequence of a breakdown in the relationship and loss of trust” between Altman and the prior board and that the CEO’s conduct “did not mandate removal”. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> reinstates CEO <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamAltman</span></a> to board after firing and rehiring <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/08/openai-sam-altman-reinstated" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">4/mar/08/openai-sam-altman-reinstated</span></a></p>
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