May 27, 2025

It has been two months since Brad Karp, the Chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, sent an email to his law firm explaining his reasoning for capitulating to Donald Trump’s demands. Someday, universities will devote entire business and law classes to dissecting the immorality and stupidity of that email and the deals Paul Weiss and other Big Law firms cut.

For now, it’s enough to say that Karp failed to abide by the advice of George Bernard Shaw: “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.” 

Over the weekend, it was reported that…

You're reading a preview of Marc's weekly tip sheet where he debriefs the news from the weekend and lays out the trends and stories to watch in the week ahead. In this tip sheet, Marc dives into:

• The biggest news of the weekend
  
  
• Trump’s track record in court
  
  
• An inflection point for Big Law
  
  
• Legacy media’s obsession with Biden