It’s been a bit of over six months since Donald Trump fired off a retaliatory executive order threatening to close down Paul Weiss’s capacity to do enterprise as a world regulation agency, which the agency immediately followed with sycophantic groveling. Paul Weiss supplied the administration $40 million in free authorized companies — ostensibly for conservative-friendly charities — however we’ve since learned that they’ve taken on a job papering up work for the Commerce Division in a questionably legal arrangement.
However the agency’s position because the White Home’s Groom of the Stool hasn’t sat effectively with everybody. And whereas some departed to less compromised shores, others have simply hoped we’d all cease speaking about it.
Over the weekend, an account explicitly named after Paul Weiss and the opposite companies who signed onto cowardly offers with the administration to keep away from plainly unlawful retaliation, engaged with a distinguished Paul Weiss associate and acquired instantly blocked.
Nobody ought to count on a associate to publicly throw the agency beneath the bus. A minimum of not till they’ve sketched out an escape plan. However simply ignoring a critic reply is free! As an alternative, we’ve acquired a Streisand Effect — an instance of the response creating extra of a narrative than the unique occasion. We virtually actually would by no means have heard about it once more if he’d simply ignored the hashtag.
However it appears the “Capitulation Agency” branding strikes a nerve over there.
Could be a disgrace if folks stored calling it out on social media…
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Legislation and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Be at liberty to email any suggestions, questions, or feedback. Observe him on Twitter or Bluesky in case you’re enthusiastic about regulation, politics, and a wholesome dose of school sports activities information. Joe additionally serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.
