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Actually, Brad Karp did send a note over this weekend to his partnership explaining that the business was likely to be destroyed if the executive order were to stand. It was happening very fast, that competitors were swooping in. And he also said it was easy to complain from the sidelines when you're not faced with this existential crisis of your business being destroyed by an executive order.

Actually, Brad Karp did send a note over this weekend to his partnership explaining that the business was likely to be destroyed if the executive order were to stand. It was happening very fast, that competitors were swooping in. And he also said it was easy to complain from the sidelines when you're not faced with this existential crisis of your business being destroyed by an executive order.

I think the silence and the chill that you're hearing from them is probably one answer. I should also say, getting a deal is not necessarily doable either. It's not clear if there can be a meeting with every single firm that Paul Weiss got. So I think they also are trying to stay out of the way of Trump in many ways.

I think the silence and the chill that you're hearing from them is probably one answer. I should also say, getting a deal is not necessarily doable either. It's not clear if there can be a meeting with every single firm that Paul Weiss got. So I think they also are trying to stay out of the way of Trump in many ways.

I think the silence and the chill that you're hearing from them is probably one answer. I should also say, getting a deal is not necessarily doable either. It's not clear if there can be a meeting with every single firm that Paul Weiss got. So I think they also are trying to stay out of the way of Trump in many ways.

I think that the implications are that if you are a lawyer, your job is to represent clients. Yes, you choose your clients, but there's always been kind of a layer of protection for unpopular clients. You know, people represent people who are accused of murder and things like that.

I think that the implications are that if you are a lawyer, your job is to represent clients. Yes, you choose your clients, but there's always been kind of a layer of protection for unpopular clients. You know, people represent people who are accused of murder and things like that.

I think that the implications are that if you are a lawyer, your job is to represent clients. Yes, you choose your clients, but there's always been kind of a layer of protection for unpopular clients. You know, people represent people who are accused of murder and things like that.

Obviously, that's not what we're talking about here, but there's pretty sweeping understanding that the role of a lawyer in the legal system is to have a vigorous defense of their client. So if you go after a law firm for taking on a client, it hits at the root of what this industry is all about. Trump has, I think we're tracking more than 120 lawsuits against his administration currently.

Obviously, that's not what we're talking about here, but there's pretty sweeping understanding that the role of a lawyer in the legal system is to have a vigorous defense of their client. So if you go after a law firm for taking on a client, it hits at the root of what this industry is all about. Trump has, I think we're tracking more than 120 lawsuits against his administration currently.

Obviously, that's not what we're talking about here, but there's pretty sweeping understanding that the role of a lawyer in the legal system is to have a vigorous defense of their client. So if you go after a law firm for taking on a client, it hits at the root of what this industry is all about. Trump has, I think we're tracking more than 120 lawsuits against his administration currently.

And so far, the courts have been one pretty significant check on what has happened so far in this administration. And in the past, the legal industry has felt, at least big law, these big firms have felt very insulated from the political fray, from attacks by executive orders, the administration. And so this is a clear shift from that narrative.

And so far, the courts have been one pretty significant check on what has happened so far in this administration. And in the past, the legal industry has felt, at least big law, these big firms have felt very insulated from the political fray, from attacks by executive orders, the administration. And so this is a clear shift from that narrative.

And so far, the courts have been one pretty significant check on what has happened so far in this administration. And in the past, the legal industry has felt, at least big law, these big firms have felt very insulated from the political fray, from attacks by executive orders, the administration. And so this is a clear shift from that narrative.

He used illegal substances and threats of violence to force Ms. Ventura into repeated unwanted sexual encounters with male sex workers.

He used illegal substances and threats of violence to force Ms. Ventura into repeated unwanted sexual encounters with male sex workers.

Mr. Combs is a fighter. He's going to fight this to the end. He's innocent.

Mr. Combs is a fighter. He's going to fight this to the end. He's innocent.

How severely damaged, maybe even reduced to tatters to some extent, do you think the defense is right now?

How severely damaged, maybe even reduced to tatters to some extent, do you think the defense is right now?