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Sam Levine in New York

Trump says five more law firms agree to pro bono work to avoid punitive executive orders

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Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

Donald Trump said on Friday that five major law firms reached agreements to together provide his administration $600m in pro bono legal work, among other terms, to avoid executive orders punishing them, a significant capitulation to the president as he attacks the legal profession.

The five firms – Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft – are among the most prestigious and recognized firms in the US.

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