andrepd 6 days ago

It was very depressing (if financially understandable) to see other institutions immediately caving in.

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9283409232 6 days ago

What institutions other than Columbia are caving in?

sorcerer-mar 6 days ago

A long list of extremely large, well-heeled law firms

ty6853 6 days ago

They will once the administration revokes the visas of half their grad students and shit-can all the international undergrad tuition income.

JumpCrisscross 6 days ago

Every law firm.

9283409232 6 days ago

Every law firm is hyperbole but I meant what other universities other than Columbia?

JumpCrisscross 6 days ago

> Every law firm is hyperbole

How? Which major law firm is standing up like Harvard is?

> I meant what other universities other than Columbia?

Trump has only really gone after Columbia and Harvard. (Institution is a broader word than university.)

Anechoic 6 days ago

How? Which major law firm is standing up like Harvard is?

WilerHale and Jenner & BLock are two: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/g-s1-56890/law-firms-sue-trum...

iecheruo 6 days ago

Susman Godfrey.

There's a lot going on and it's really hard to keep abreast of it all

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-says-law-firms-agree-pro...

JumpCrisscross 6 days ago

Thank you.

throwway120385 6 days ago

And University of Washington and University of California on the west coast, although he's not directly threatening them. Rather, his HHS appointment has just quietly pulled all of the funding for their medical and biological research programs.

9283409232 6 days ago

> How? Which major law firm is standing up like Harvard is?

Perkins Coie, Covington & Burling LLP, and Elias Law Group are fighting Trump's executive order. Those are 3 of the biggest law firms in the US. As far as I know only two major firms have made deals with Trump while many are sitting quiet but not everyone is cowering.