After a prominent multinational law company pledged to renounce its diversity policy and donate $40 million (£31 million) in free legal services to help White House projects, President Donald Trump revoked an executive order against the firm.
The New York-based international legal firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has a number of well-known clients. Trump claimed that the business was weakening the US legal system, so he froze security clearances for its attorneys and terminated federal contracts with it in an order dated March 14.
Trump has issued similar executive orders against the legal firms Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie. The White House revoked the order on Thursday following a meeting between Trump and Brad Karp, chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Garrison & Wharton.
The business has agreed to a number of concessions, including the pledge to provide “the equivalent of $40 million in pro bono legal services over the course of President Trump’s term to support the Administration’s initiatives,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. Additionally, it stated that Paul Weiss “will not adopt, use, or pursue any DEI policies” and would stick to “merit-based” recruiting and promotion practices.
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