Big Law's biggest players are absent from brief opposing Trump's attacks on law firms

504 law firms signed onto a brief opposing Trump's war on Big Law.

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• Donald Trump's attacks against Big Law firms have drawn three lawsuits. A few other firms settled.
• 504 law firms asked the courts to put a stop to it.
• But from Kirkland & Ellis to Paul Hastings, the highest-earning firms in Big Law declined to join.

More than 500 law firms — including some of the country's most prominent — signed onto a legal brief Friday to oppose...