Chris Opfer

NEWS: A Justice Dept. line attorney in North Carolina fabricated quotes in court filing, causing judge to order hearing to consider sanctions and holding entire US attorney’s office jointly responsible. Pro se defendant flagged the errors. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fe…

NEW: Paul Weiss leader Brad Karp helped Epstein protect his plea deal on sex trafficking charges against legal attacks in the months before the disgraced financier died in jail, recently released emails show. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

Karp's "small number of social interactions by email" with Epstein include advising him on a letter to NYT editors defending Epstein's controversial plead deal. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

A former DLA Piper partner is accused of raping an associate he mentored after a work dinner at the firm’s Delaware office, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ex-…

After AG Ken Paxton's office hired a firm specializing in "fixing sensitive problems," we looked closer. The hire involved an employee dispute in the office @BLaw discovered. Paxton won't discuss. Neither will the firm, whose partner supported his campaign. No paywall. #txlege

Kash Patel has fired a senior FBI official after public flight data showed Patel used a government jet to fly and see his girlfriend perform at a wrestling match. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fb…

New: Elon Musk’s lawyer is running for Congress in Texas. Chris Gober helped Musk’s America PAC raise more than $250 million to support President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

The failed payoff — a wad of cash in a red envelope stuffed inside an opened bag of Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chips — was made by Winnie Greco, a longtime Adams ally who resigned last year from her position… thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/win… via @THECITYNY

A New Jersey US district court judge withdrew his decision in a biopharma securities case Wednesday after lawyers complained that his opinion contained numerous errors, including made-up quotes and misstated case outcomes. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

Republicans want to raise taxes...on litigation funders. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

Steelers Super Bowl odds before Elon blowup: +4500 Steelers Super Bowl odds after Elon blowup: +4500

It's the ugliest building in DC, and that's really saying something.

New: Law firm A&O Shearman won't work on Trump trade deals as part of its $125 billion agreement with the White House, the firm's leaders said today. @mahiradayal reporting for @BLaw. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

Susman Godfrey filed a suit to challenge President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at its attorneys, arguing that it violates the constitution by targeting the firm for its work in court bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

WilmerHale sued Trump less than 24 hours after the president issued an executive order against the firm because of its ties to Robert Mueller.

Breaking: President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order against WilmerHale. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

Other law firms under DEI investigation: Reed Smith Ropes & Gray Sidley Austin Simpson Thacher Skadden White & Case WilmerHale

New: Trump is investigating 20 major law firms for discrimination in DEI programs: A&O Shearman Debevoise Cooley Freshfields Goodwin Hogan Lovells Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins McDermott Milbank Morgan Lewis Morrison Foerster Perkins Coie (cont.) news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

"Let's kill all the lawyers," said Shakespeare's "Dick The Butcher" in Henry VI & President Donald J. Trump. That's what authoritarians do when they fear lawyers will stop their unlawful behavior. But we won't stop. #Accountability #Impeachment news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

New: Trump is now going after NYC law firm Paul Weiss with an exec order pulling security clearances for some of the firm's lawyers. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…