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The panorama has positively modified…We’ve all the time been considerably threat averse, however the degree of threat has modified. There’s extra consideration now to the issues that companies are taking up as a result of the danger situation has modified right here, and that could be solely short-term. We’re not at ‘hair on fireplace’ threat degree anymore, however extra on a ‘strolling on eggshells’ form of threat degree…We’ve gotten some issues cleared that two months in the past I might not have gotten cleared.
— An Am Regulation 50 professional bono chief, in feedback given to the American Lawyer on background, regarding their regulation agency’s inner operations within the wake of the Trump administration’s overreach into the world of professional bono work. 9 companies that capitulated to Trump to flee precise government orders or the mere risk of being subjected to an government order pledged nearly $1 billion in pro bono payola to conservative causes.
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