<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Mark --</div><div><br></div><div>I thought Lara's "we all have a stake in this" was enough to explain. Here's Lara's chain of reasoning broken into finer steps.</div><div><br></div><div>1. Many of us on this list have substantial case loads with the government on the opposite side of the "v."</div><div>2. The complaint that Lara circulated spells out (as a complaint does, setting up the facts that it will be the complainant's burden to prove) that President Trump has engaged in a "deliberate campaign to reach beyond the legitimate powers of his office to \u201cbend\u201d (his word) [lawyers] to his will through a combination of punish[ment], coerc[ion], and other forms of intimidation."</div><div>3. Those of us that find ourselves regularly adverse to the government need adjudications on our constitutional rights to represent our clients zealously, and our ethical obligations to do so, even when the President threatens punishment, coercion, and intimidation.</div><div><br></div><div>Now is "What ... this [has] to do with trademark law
" a little clearer?<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 3:14\u202fPM Mark F. Warzecha via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg5606101349519212430">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lara Pearson via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 2, 2025 2:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carl Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lara Pearson <<a href="mailto:lara@brandgeek.net" target="_blank">lara@brandgeek.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] OFF TOPIC -- ethics complaint filed re: captitulating law firms (NY Bar)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;word-break:break-word"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">On June 23, 2025, a group of legal ethics scholars<span class="m_5606101349519212430gmaildefault"> </span>filed an ethics complaint with the New York Attorney Grievance Committee
against nine major law firms that capitulated to executive orders issued by President Trump. (<a href="https://link.edgepilot.com/s/6e512c7a/uE5-fI60C0KO0UkqCFb4zQ?u=https://carolynelefant.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c415dae576d3d706d0444773c%26id=dc6457c972%26e=39a8d39dfe" target="_blank">Click
here</a> to view). The complaint alleges that these firms\u2014rather than challenging the orders in court\u2014entered into agreements to provide nearly $1 billion in legal services to causes aligned with the President\u2019s political agenda, in exchange for avoiding punitive
government action. According to the complaint, these deals undermine core ethical duties by surrendering the firms\u2019 independence, allowing a nonlawyer (the President) to dictate professional judgment, creating unwaivable conflicts of interest, and potentially
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