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The Trump administration has gone after left-wing activist law firms in recent weeks. One of those firms is Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss for short). On March 14, President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting Paul Weiss for its DEI practices and for hiring attorney Mark Pomerantz, who had earlier “join[ed] the Manhattan District Attorney’s office solely to manufacture a prosecution against [Trump] and who, according to his co-workers, unethically led witnesses in ways designed to implicate [Trump].”
TheorderrescindedsecurityclearancesthatPaulWeisshad,terminatedfederalcontracts,andlimitedaccesstogovernmentproperties.ItonlytookaweekforPaulWeisstoaccedetotheadministration.OnFriday,thepresidentissuedanexecutiveorderrescindingtheorderfromoneweekprior.Accordingtothesecondorder:
Earlierthisweek,though,PaulWeissindicatedthatitwillengageinaremarkablechangeofcourse.Specifically,PaulWeisshasacknowledgedthewrongdoingofitsformerpartnerMarkPomerantz,andithasagreedtoanumberofpolicychangestopromoteequality,justice,andtheprinc
