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[The fact that this topic has remained in the news] reminds corporations that in the event that they settle, individuals is not going to overlook rapidly. I’m guessing that the corporations that settled by no means anticipated the extent of the blowback or how lengthy the settlements would proceed to be front-of-mind for many individuals.
The truth that the settlements occurred in any respect was extraordinary. The quantity of free authorized work that was extracted was extraordinary. Each time there’s a new growth that appears remotely associated to these settlements, some individuals turn into incensed over again. These settlements by no means ought to have occurred.
— Leslie Levin, a authorized ethics professor on the College of Connecticut Faculty of Regulation, in feedback given to the American Lawyer, on the lasting affect of the professional bono payola offers that the infamous 9 Biglaw corporations — together with Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Skadden; Simpson Thacher; Paul Weiss; Milbank; Willkie Farr; A&O Shearman; and Cadwalader — signed with Donald Trump to flee or get out from underneath odious (and unconstitutional) govt orders.
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