Certainly there's a give-and-take between lawyers giving advice and clients taking it, but by the "big X" their lawyers essentially do what they are told - lest the big client move elsewhere.

All to say: Lawyers doing a bad thing are often a symptom of an internal disease or conflict.

Which is to summarize a whole host of conflicting emotions: I'm slightly defensive about the profession, wholly sympathetic to the outcomes of wielding lawyers to achieve evil ends, and biased by personal experience – but nevertheless appreciative of comments, like this, that highlight the responsibility that lawyers bear to not only advise and act but to represent the reputations of institutions.