Hogan Lovells and Latham & Watkins among them that make online improvements
The English and Wales Act has joined a group of legal organizations around the world when signing a common letter to the recent activities of the Trump Administration against lawyers, both internationally and in the United States.
A letter published yesterday blames the US government for “intimidation, obstacles or harassment”, which is against lawyers and legal institutions. The signatories express “horrified” of what they describe as “actions that violate the international human rights law and weaken the rule of law”.
The signatories are the lawyer of Paris, the German Bar Association, the Australian Law Council and the Institute of Human Rights of the International Bar Association.
At the center of the dispute is the implementation order signed by Trump on February 6, which imposes sanctions for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and their families – a change that the letter claims to punish lawyers for their work alone. UN experts and ICC Member States criticize measures containing travel languages and assets and are described in the letter “Cooling effect” on the trial of war crimes and other cruelty victims.
The signatory also raises concerns about the lack of a US domestic legal system, relying on federal prosecutors, withdrawal of controversial lawyers’ safety surveys, and even the immediate attacks of federal agencies to the US Bar Association (ABA).
“Lawyers must be able to represent their clients without fear of response,” the statement says, “and should not be punished for who their clients are.” Organizations urge the United States to translate sanctions and respect international principles that ensure the independence of lawyers.
The letter is in the midst of what many professionals see the Trump administration as a broader campaign to target the policies of diversity, equality and inclusion (dei) in the law industry. When Legal cheek Earlier this week, administrative administration has dramatically expanded the law on biodiversity, launching federal trials to the 20 largest US and international company’s dei policies, including some of London’s most famous names.
A&O Shearman, Freshfields and Hogan Lovells are among the testers when the United States Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) calls for detailed pay and customer practices. The move follows another implementation order that isolates companies that the administration considers politically hostile, especially those representing the government’s critical clients. Companies such as Perkins Coien and Paul Weiss are already on the cross.
Thousands of US partners accused the administration of the culture of fear, where legal agencies are being pressured on the toad or consequences of the political line.
The pressure of Trump’s legal law firms has already led to some major legal names to adjust or remove dei content from its website
Law.com (£) Reports that Hogan Lovells has re -renested “diversity, equality and inclusion” pages “HL content”, removed references to LGBTQ+, disability and “institutional racism” and replaced his Dei video with a message from the CEO. At the same time, Latham & Watkins has directed his Dei website and removed the language by referring to institutional racism and its diversity management committee. Its “diversity researchers” program “is also renamed” Pathways Scholars “.
Hogan Lovells refused to comment when Latham & Watkins did not respond to our comment request.
These changes were reported after EEOOC letters, which mention the law firm websites widely and request information on internships, partnerships, reimbursement and recruitment practices related to diversity.
For the first time, the letters include Trump’s administration, particularly the global companies set up by the United Kingdom as part of a broader attack on the company Dei initiative.