As Willkie Farr & Gallagher learned, cutting a deal with the White House can avert a financially punitive executive order. But doing so can draw internal rebukes and external criticism.

The law firm where Doug Emhoff, former Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, is a partner, agreed to similar concessions as Skadden and Paul Weiss.

This communication, obtained by Law.com, was transmitted from Willkie's executive committee Tuesday afternoon shortly after the firm's deal with the Trump administration.