WilmerHale handed the Trump administration another defeat final week, with Decide Richard Leon putting down the retaliatory government order with excessive prejudice, a bevy of exclamation factors, and a gumbo recipe:
The Order is akin to a gumbo. Sections 2 by means of 5 are the meaty components—e.g., the Andouille, the okra, the tomatoes, the crab, the oysters. However it’s the roux—right here, § 1—which holds every part collectively. A gumbo is served and eaten with all of the components collectively, and so too should the sections of the Order be addressed collectively. As defined on this Memorandum Opinion, this gumbo offers the Courtroom heartburn.
And if a culinary beatdown wasn’t sufficient, WilmerHale now has a protest track to its identify.
The Silent Moon Venture has a brand new track referred to as Justice on Trial: The Stand of WilmerHale, giving Biglaw resistance the people anthem remedy.
They got here for the legal professionals, cloaked in command
With Govt Orders and a trembling hand
WilmerHale stood although the storm was wild
For justice for rights for each law-abiding little one.
Whereas Wilmer’s victory types the hook, the opposite corporations standing their floor get namechecked as nicely:
Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie too
Fought for the regulation when few dared to
Susman Godfey answered the decision
Suing the powers that threatened us all.
This could not slap as arduous because it does. Actually, listening to big-buck regulation corporations honored in track ought to really feel cringe — shades of Everyone’s A Winner at Nixon Peabody — however there’s one thing concerning the style that makes it work higher than Nixon’s bizarre pop nonsense.
And the corporations on the flipside of the Trump fight get some publicity too:
However others knelt and bought their identify
Skadden, Paul, Weiss — what a disgrace
$100 million gained’t purchase again your soul
Once you traded the regulation to maintain your function
A few of the different surrender monkeys get referred to as out too. There’s an excellent quantity of element packed into this piece so when you’re searching for a fast recap of the final couple months of Above the Legislation protection, it’s just about all right here.
The track even calls out that gumbo recipe!
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Legislation and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Be happy to email any ideas, questions, or feedback. Observe him on Twitter or Bluesky when you’re thinking about regulation, politics, and a wholesome dose of faculty sports activities information. Joe additionally serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.
