Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.
Kirkland & Ellis is one of the law firms that recently reached a deal with the White House to provide free legal work to causes that President Trump supports.
Four or five firms could soon agree to deals that would be unveiled as a package, in an escalation of the president’s crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire.
In a cabinet meeting on Thursday, President Trump said four or five unnamed firms would reach deals with the administration, each committing to do $125 million worth of legal work on issues he supports.
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