WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he and law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher reached a deal on actions to be taken by the company including providing $100 million in legal services and not engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The deal comes as major law firms with ties to attorneys who have investigated Trump have been targeted with executive orders seeking to curtail their business with the federal government.
Three law firms – Perkins Coie, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block – have sued the administration over such orders, and judges have blocked key provisions of the administration’s orders.
A Willkie Farr spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Willkie Farr employs 1,200 lawyers in the U.S. and five other countries and is home to Douglas Emhoff, who is married to former Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese and Stephen Coates)
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