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Critics of law firms' deals with Trump are starting a firm of their own

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    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -38% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The firm will also represent clients involved in litigation over grant funding revoked by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency and other parts of the administration.
48% : In a news release about the new firm, Lowell said it was "spurred by the need for innovative ways to represent clients with complex legal and political challenges while confronting the rising attacks on the legal system itself.
43% : " Trump has referred to the deal as "essentially a settlement" and said, "We appreciate Skadden coming to the table.
37% : " The new firm is set to represent several clients who have been foes of Trump in some way and have been targeted by his administration, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, former Trump administration official-turned-critic Miles Taylor and whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid, six sources familiar with the firm's plans told NBC News.
24% : " Lowell's former firm, Winston and Strawn, which he left recently, has not yet been publicly identified as a target of Trump's, though current and former employees told NBC News that they believed Lowell's exit decreases the risk that it will become one.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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