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NonilexJudge Richard Leon, George W. Bush appointee, says he is “inclined to grant” a temporary restraining order <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TRO</a> against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin, barring it from punishing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawFirm</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilmerHale</a>. The judge did not rule from the bench during the hearing, but said he would issue a written decision in a matter of hours.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexLawyer Paul Clement argued on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawFirm</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilmerHale</a>’s behalf that it was “clear as day” that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOrder</a> against the firm violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>. He said the chilling effect on the firm’s business had been immediate.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> lawyer Richard Lawson urged Judge Leon not to issue a temporary restraining order <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TRO</a>, arguing the specific limitations for Wilmer Hale had not been decided, so there was no reason to rush a court decision.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexUpdates on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawFirms</a> targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>:<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilmerHale</a> [employed Robert Mueller] — Judge Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, set a 4:30 PM hearing<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JennerBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JennerBlock</a> [employed Andrew Weissmann] — Judge Bates, another a George W. Bush appointee, set a 5:45PM hearingLast Fri, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PerkinsCoie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PerkinsCoie</a> [worked for Hillary Clinton] got a TRO while the case moves forward.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulWeiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaulWeiss</a>, cut a deal w/Trump last month, promising $40M in pro bono legal services & to hire an outside consultant to review employment practices.

Universal HubLaw firm fights back against regime's effort to destroy it <a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/law-firm-fights-back-against-regimes-effort-destroy-it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.universalhub.com/2025/law-firm-fights-back-against-regimes-effort-destroy-it</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilmerHale</a>

NonilexOther elite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> firms have been hit w/similar sanctions, leaving them to choose whether to fight the orders or cut a *deal* w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> to remove the restrictions, even as a judge has already blocked one of the orders because it is likely to be unlawful.The order said Trump was in part punishing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilmerHale</a> for the firm’s connections to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mueller</a>, who led an inquiry that the order described as “one of the most partisan investigations in American history.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

NonilexIn an EO, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> hit the elite firm w/many of the same penalties that he had applied to its competitors who had taken on cases or causes he did not like.He directed the cancellation of all govt contracts w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilmerHale</a>, & the suspension of any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> clearances of its employees. The order also barred WilmerHale employees from federal buildings [Federal Court buildings fall into the category], banned them from communicating w/govt employees & prevented them from being hired at govt agencies.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Targets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilmerHale</a>, Citing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawFirm</a>’s Connection to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RobertMueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobertMueller</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mueller</a>, who worked at WilmerHale before retiring in 2021, had investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> during Trump’s first term.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/trump-wilmerhale-law-firm-mueller.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=EB968B02-59E6-44C9-B0A7-4057762D4A42" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/trump-wilmerhale-law-firm-mueller.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=EB968B02-59E6-44C9-B0A7-4057762D4A42</a>

IT NewsOpenAI CEO Altman wasn’t fired because of scary new tech, just internal politics - Enlarge / OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event o... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2009160" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=2009160</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/largelanguagemodels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#largelanguagemodels</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#machinelearning</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gregbrockman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gregbrockman</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/helentoner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#helentoner</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wilmerhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wilmerhale</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/samaltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#samaltman</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aiethics</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aisafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aisafety</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chatgpt</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chatgtp</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biz</a>⁢ <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openai</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gpt</a>-4 <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a>

Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.socialOpenAI said the investigation by the law firm <a href="https://noc.social/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WilmerHale</a> concluded that Altman’s ouster had been a “consequence of a breakdown in the relationship and loss of trust” between Altman and the prior board and that the CEO’s conduct “did not mandate removal”. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a><a href="https://noc.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAI</a> reinstates CEO <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SamAltman</a> to board after firing and rehiring <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/08/openai-sam-altman-reinstated" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/08/openai-sam-altman-reinstated</a>

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