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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by andrepd on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:19PM (#43685098)
It was very depressing (if financially understandable) to see other institutions immediately caving in.
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by 9283409232 on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:25PM (#43685177)
What institutions other than Columbia are caving in?
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by sorcerer-mar on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:26PM (#43685206)
A long list of extremely large, well-heeled law firms
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by ty6853 on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:33PM (#43685292)
They will once the administration revokes the visas of half their grad students and shit-can all the international undergrad tuition income.
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:25PM (#43685187)
Every law firm.
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by 9283409232 on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:26PM (#43685196)
Every law firm is hyperbole but I meant what other universities other than Columbia?
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:29PM (#43685250)
> 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.)

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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by Anechoic on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:33PM (#43685291)
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...

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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by iecheruo on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:36PM (#43685320)
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...

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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 14, 2025 @06:17PM (#43686890)
Thank you.
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by 9283409232 on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:34PM (#43685300)
> 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.

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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by throwway120385 on Monday April 14, 2025 @05:21PM (#43686460)
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.
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