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to
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daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
Some
of
the
New
York
firms
are
literally
and
figuratively
more
transactional,
and
some
of
the
other
firms
are
more
interested
in
taking
a
risk
to
preserve
the
rule
of
law—to
push
back
what
they
see
as
presidential
abuse
of
power.
[It
wasn’t]
surprising
that
firms
that
do
deals
for
a
living
do
a
deal.
—
A
legal
industry
observer,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
on
why,
in
response
to
Trump’s
executive
orders
targeting
Paul
Weiss
and
Skadden
—
firms
focused
on
M&A
—
may
have
chosen
to
broker
deals
with
the
Trump
administration,
while
Perkins
Coie,
Jenner
&
Block,
and
WilmerHale
—
firms
with
strong
litigation
practices
—
may
have
chosen
to
file
suit
against
the
Trump
administration.
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Zaretsky is
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Law,
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worked
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