Megan McArdle

Megan McArdle

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I'm all for pro-bono work, but I do feel that the coal industry can probably be expected to pay its own legal fees.

Michael S. Schmidt

Michael S. Schmidt

NEW: Could the deals between Trump and the law firms be unraveling? There's a widening gap between what the firms believe they committed to and what Trump and the White House think their pro bono legal work can be used for: tariffs, helping the coal industry, repping Trump and his allies if they become ensnared in investigations. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/law-firms-deals-trump.html