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Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
[T]he
imposition
of
numerous
conflicts
of
interest
between
the
terms
of
the
agreement
and
your
current
and
future
potential
clients
raise
significant
ethical
concerns
and
possible
violations
of
applicable
rules
of
professional
responsibility.
Given
these
concerns,
your
firm
has
several
grounds
upon
which
to
disavow
and
pause
[the
agreement].
…
Many
of
the
signatories
to
this
letter
are
lawyers,
and
several
of
us
have
worked
at
major
law
firms.
We
have
deep
respect
for
the
long
tradition
that
your
firm
carries,
and
we
urge
you
to
reconsider
your
decision
—
one
which
we
can
sympathize
with
but
which
we
think
is
a
clear
mistake
—
to
seemingly
capitulate
to
clear
abuse
of
the
law
by
the
Trump
administration.
We
do
not
wish
to
prematurely
judge
or
assess
guilt.
Our
aim,
however,
is
to
gather
comprehensive
information
with
respect
to
the
formation
and
implementation
of
the
…
agreement
and
resulting
legal
and
ethical
quandaries.
—
An
excerpt
from
a
letter
sent
by
Rep.
Dave
Min
(D-California)
and
Rep.
April
Delaney
(D-Maryland),
as
well
as
14
of
their
Democratic
colleagues,
sent
to
each
of
the
law
firms
that
made
deals
with
Donald
Trump
—
including
Kirkland;
Latham;
A&O
Shearman;
Simpson
Thacher;
Skadden;
Willkie
Farr;
Paul,
Weiss;
Cadwalader;
and
Milbank
seeking
the
firms’
“motivations”
for
entering
those
deals,
how
the
deals
were
reached,
and
what
specific
terms
or
promises
were
made.
The
letters
request
a
response
by
May
8.
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