Companies’ in-house lawyers are also nervous. They want to make sure their outside counsel is willing to fight the government if necessary. One lawyer working in a company’s general counsel office told Business Insider that her company’s advisors at a law firm that made a deal with Trump said it was necessary to hold onto influence with regulators.
“It just feels very cynical,” said the in-house lawyer, who wants to redirect work to other firms. “I don’t feel comfortable, if you’re going to cave in front of the government, that you’re going to represent me in front of the government.”
Even if you’re used to getting fucked over, why roll over? Fight back!
What’s crazy is that when those first firms were threatened, instead of other firms coming to their aid and standing together against this breach, they instead tried to steal their clients.
That’s just objectively untrue. Some might have, sure, but many firms joined the fight immediately. Don’t suggest nobody else came to their aid when that is just not the case.