Wealthy donors pull funding from from Harvard and U Penn for failure to denounce “antisemitism”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh who cares about these law firms? They pretty much treat associates as their slaves making them do scut work and forcing them to be on call all the time. I think these students are being spared from the agony of working for a law firm. It’s torture for most of them and they only realize it 5 years in. This way they can save their 5 years and actually do something meaningful with their lives.

+1 see it’s a win win for everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These students are not being cancelled for being against war or having a different political opinion. They are being cancelled for celebrating or justifying the deaths, rapes and kidnaps of women and children.

Firms who disagree with their viewpoint have the right not to hire them. These students are also hypocritical and should go work for firms that align with their views. It’s a win win.

I don't think that's the issue. You can choose not to hire a student without issuing press statements, doxxing them, spending millions on smear campaigns. The firms don't go through these steps when they decide not to hire other applicants, what they are doing is discriminatory and illegal in many states.

These firms are using their money and platform to suffocate those they disagree with them. They can do that in their companies, not at US colleges.

This. It's the PR mechanism that is illegal and discriminatory. Plus, the framing of it is complete slander as the statements have been misconstrued and falsified in many ways.

It is part of the greater fascism at play. Support Israel or else.....

We see you. And we will not support apartheid. Good thing I'm self employed because failure to support apartheid is now a fireable offense.

It's neither illegal nor discriminatory.

It's not slander.

It's also not the law firms (as was pointed out earlier).

It's DEFINITELY not fascism.

And it's not the "failure to support 'apartheid'" that's the issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:if universities had stayed politically neutral then you’d be right. but they dug themselves this hole by deciding that the university shoild take sides instead of being an institution that creates a space for all sides.

I agree. I’m so disappointed that an institution like Harvard who knows the true history of they bother to understand it can't see past dollar signs. Instead they are gaslighting and trying to blacklist the truth. Every American has the right to free speech whether you agree or disagree.

This is not a free speech issue. If a donor doesn't like the content of speech affiliated with a university, they are free to place their funds elsewhere.

No that is not what they are doing. They are using the conservative play book of attacking individuals to silence them. This is exactly what Trump and the conservative do every day.

LOL. It wasn't conservatives that came up with TERF or Karen to silence women.
It wasn't conservatives that call everyone a MAGA, Nazi, Bot, troll for everyone opinion they disagree with.
Progressives cannot stand the idea that their monster has turned on them.

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Anonymous wrote:Another law firm rescinding offers to Harvard and Columbia university students

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporations/harvard-letter-israel-columbia-ivy-davis-polk-law-firm-student-rcna120881

Crazy fascism here. It was much the same for vocal critics of the Iraq War. They were ostracized and put out of work.
I hope that we can all tow the line of the thought police. Make sure that every thought is in line with the wealthy white donors of the world.

An alternative take would be to, oh, I don’t know, unequivocally condemn the Hamas atrocities.

There has been a big coordinated push by many influential donors at a number of universities for school administrators to ban any student groups related to Palestinian issues, fire professors who voice opposition to Israel’s Palestinian policies, and expel students who support BDS.

This is all coming to a head right now, the rubber is finally meeting the road. These donors have been threatening to pull their money for a looooong time. See The David Project and other similar groups.

Tbh, I don’t think there is anything Penn could have done short of banning any support for Palestinians on campus, including expelling students and firing professors.

I dont see Jewish student unions and Jewish student mobs shouting down pro Palestine speakers and trying to have professors fired like the wokesters. Seems that all people are asking for is for these universities to issue a statement to condemn violent acts of terror. As a non-Jewish person, I’m tired of woke leftists canceling anyone they don’t like and then crying when their tactics are turned against them.

I've been waiting for this for quite a while. I said that the woke leftism would face a huge pushback when things got too outrageous. People are now seeing who we are allowing into the country and how they are influencing our youth. Unfettered immigration was already a huge sore point, even to liberals. Seeing the fruits of years of immigration labor I'm sure was quite startling and served as the needed wake up call.

This has nothing to do with immigration.

It has everything to do with it.

DP I agree but it is larger. This is maga going after “wokeness” and immigrants. They see Israel supporters as useful allies against the browning of America. It’s the same rhetoric as always but it is now getting picked and pushed by the media. Look at the maga attack on liberal education in the New York Times today. The people cheering this on are the anti constitutionalist maga supporters.

I have MAGA but in this case this has nothing to do with it.

It has everything to do with it. It is the same people pushing the same agenda. Let me tell you what will happen. Once everything settles down, there will be a push to limit the number of Jews who are admitted to these universities and colleges. It seems they have too much influence. White nationalists do not consider Jews white and Jew are not Christian. If Palestinians are not people because of their racial make up do you really think Israelis(3/4 non European in origin) are not going to be treated the same way?

Holy shit, you have lost your damn mind. It is not conservatives that are doing this to Jews. Go look in the mirror.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:These students are not being cancelled for being against war or having a different political opinion. They are being cancelled for celebrating or justifying the deaths, rapes and kidnaps of women and children.

Firms who disagree with their viewpoint have the right not to hire them. These students are also hypocritical and should go work for firms that align with their views. It’s a win win.

I don't think that's the issue. You can choose not to hire a student without issuing press statements, doxxing them, spending millions on smear campaigns. The firms don't go through these steps when they decide not to hire other applicants, what they are doing is discriminatory and illegal in many states.

These firms are using their money and platform to suffocate those they disagree with them. They can do that in their companies, not at US colleges.

The firms are just withholding their money.

The ones doxxing them are other activist groups.

Please. These firms have people who do their dirty work for them. They just write a check and tell them to go make life hell for those students. You have to be very naive to think the people at these form would not employ their usual dirty tricks.

Talk about a jesus complex. No one is crucifying these adults, they are just refusing to hire them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:if universities had stayed politically neutral then you’d be right. but they dug themselves this hole by deciding that the university shoild take sides instead of being an institution that creates a space for all sides.

I agree. I’m so disappointed that an institution like Harvard who knows the true history of they bother to understand it can't see past dollar signs. Instead they are gaslighting and trying to blacklist the truth. Every American has the right to free speech whether you agree or disagree.

This is not a free speech issue. If a donor doesn't like the content of speech affiliated with a university, they are free to place their funds elsewhere.

No that is not what they are doing. They are using the conservative play book of attacking individuals to silence them. This is exactly what Trump and the conservative do every day.

LOL. It wasn't conservatives that came up with TERF or Karen to silence women.
It wasn't conservatives that call everyone a MAGA, Nazi, Bot, troll for everyone opinion they disagree with.
Progressives cannot stand the idea that their monster has turned on them.

Independent voter, and I agree with pretty much all of this.

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Anonymous wrote:This is Harvard today........

Meh, doesn't seem too atypical for stuff that has gone on at similar colleges for decades. There are always protests, hunger strikes, sit ins, storm admin building etc.

Just the cause of the day changes.

These harvard students can do whatever they like. That’s the beauty of free speech. These donors can also refuse to fund them or give them jobs. Also the beauty of free speech.

+1000

This is an easy question.

Would you hire someone who suggested that "George Floyd got what he deserved"?

Me neither.

I wouldn't work for someone who publicly threatens a University for holding a literary festival. That's bound to be a shitty employer, life is too short.

Sincere question: what if you were a donor and the literary festival included ideas that you found absolutely reprehensible? (speakers who advocated for shooting refugees at the border, for example).

Wouldn't you stop donating?

Of course not! I would use my money to hold other events to influence public opinion. I have never been successful achieving anything long term using threats.

Threat of what? Using your money to hold other events to influence public opinion means diverting your money from events you do view that are contrary to that opinion. I find it hard to believe that in your every day life you would donate to causes you don’t support.

A university is not a cause, it's a public square. The donors are donating to further their own interests. I went to college with many people that i disagreed with vehemently, I live in neighborhoods with people that don't share my values and i work with people that don't share my values. That's what it means to coexist in a free society.

Ok put your money where your mouth is and every time you donate to a charity of your choice, donate to a charity that supports the exact opposite cause. When you donate to moms against gun violence be sure to also donate to the NRA.

Withdrawing funding from a university is not threatening, it’s not supporting a cause you don’t believe in anymore. Harvard and UPenn are still free to support whatever activities they want to. That is coexisting in a free society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These students are not being cancelled for being against war or having a different political opinion. They are being cancelled for celebrating or justifying the deaths, rapes and kidnaps of women and children.

Firms who disagree with their viewpoint have the right not to hire them. These students are also hypocritical and should go work for firms that align with their views. It’s a win win.

I don't think that's the issue. You can choose not to hire a student without issuing press statements, doxxing them, spending millions on smear campaigns. The firms don't go through these steps when they decide not to hire other applicants, what they are doing is discriminatory and illegal in many states.

These firms are using their money and platform to suffocate those they disagree with them. They can do that in their companies, not at US colleges.

The firms are just withholding their money.

The ones doxxing them are other activist groups.

Please. These firms have people who do their dirty work for them. They just write a check and tell them to go make life hell for those students. You have to be very naive to think the people at these form would not employ their usual dirty tricks.

Talk about a jesus complex. No one is crucifying these adults, they are just refusing to hire them.

No you are naive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if universities had stayed politically neutral then you’d be right. but they dug themselves this hole by deciding that the university shoild take sides instead of being an institution that creates a space for all sides.

Are they stopping any other voices or opinions?

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Anonymous wrote:if universities had stayed politically neutral then you’d be right. but they dug themselves this hole by deciding that the university shoild take sides instead of being an institution that creates a space for all sides.

I agree. I’m so disappointed that an institution like Harvard who knows the true history of they bother to understand it can't see past dollar signs. Instead they are gaslighting and trying to blacklist the truth. Every American has the right to free speech whether you agree or disagree.

This is not a free speech issue. If a donor doesn't like the content of speech affiliated with a university, they are free to place their funds elsewhere.

No that is not what they are doing. They are using the conservative play book of attacking individuals to silence them. This is exactly what Trump and the conservative do every day.

LOL. It wasn't conservatives that came up with TERF or Karen to silence women.
It wasn't conservatives that call everyone a MAGA, Nazi, Bot, troll for everyone opinion they disagree with.
Progressives cannot stand the idea that their monster has turned on them.

Independent voter, and I agree with pretty much all of this.

You must be joking. Ever single R who disagreed with Trump was cast from the party. Talk about cancel culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These students are not being cancelled for being against war or having a different political opinion. They are being cancelled for celebrating or justifying the deaths, rapes and kidnaps of women and children.

Firms who disagree with their viewpoint have the right not to hire them. These students are also hypocritical and should go work for firms that align with their views. It’s a win win.

I don't think that's the issue. You can choose not to hire a student without issuing press statements, doxxing them, spending millions on smear campaigns. The firms don't go through these steps when they decide not to hire other applicants, what they are doing is discriminatory and illegal in many states.

These firms are using their money and platform to suffocate those they disagree with them. They can do that in their companies, not at US colleges.

The firms are just withholding their money.

The ones doxxing them are other activist groups.

Please. These firms have people who do their dirty work for them. They just write a check and tell them to go make life hell for those students. You have to be very naive to think the people at these form would not employ their usual dirty tricks.

Talk about a jesus complex. No one is crucifying these adults, they are just refusing to hire them.

Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story. Today, private spying has boomed into a renegade, billion-dollar industry, one that is increasingly invading our privacy, profiting from deception and manipulating the news.

Big law firms in New York and London are clamoring for the services of firms like Black Cube, an Israeli company that worked for Harvey Weinstein. Dictators are using private spies as freelance intelligence agents, and off-the-shelf technology is making it easier for them to monitor cellphones and hack emails. Over the past decade, spies for hire have become more emboldened — just as their power to influence events has become more pervasive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/business/media/spooked-private-spies-news-media.html

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A former Wall Street Journal reporter is accusing a major U.S. law firm of having used mercenary hackers to oust him from his job and ruin his reputation.

In a lawsuit filed late Friday, Jay Solomon, the Journal’s former chief foreign correspondent, said Philadelphia-based Dechert LLP worked with hackers from India to steal emails between him and one of his key sources, Iranian American aviation executive Farhad Azima.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/former-wsj-reporter-says-law-firm-used-indian-hackers-sabotage-his-career-2022-10-15/

UK on brink of barring London law firms from “legal washing” for Putin cronies


ByOur Legal Correspondent
NOV 2, 2022
LAW firms in the UK and the US are to be banned from engaging in disinformation campaigns paid for by associates of Vladimir Putin and Russia’s spy network.

Under moves originally announced in the UK back in September the counter measures will cover any legal organisation working directly or indirectly for bad faith actors, with the US following suit.

The action was was prompted by growing evidence that a small minority of lawyers have been assisting the Kremlin when it comes to ways of evading sanctions, disinformation campaigns, and targeting journalists who expose associates of the Russian president.

Foreign Office analysis reveals that a staggering 85 per cent of legal work commissioned by Russia is from G7 countries, with London the front runner with 59 per cent, followed by New York headquartered firms in second.

UK on brink of barring London law firms from “legal washing” for Putin cronies

https://nationalsecuritynews.com/2022/11/936/

These are the “firms” being employed now against these students. All these firms have connections with dark side of this stuff. Law firms, hedge funds, etc are not passive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:if universities had stayed politically neutral then you’d be right. but they dug themselves this hole by deciding that the university shoild take sides instead of being an institution that creates a space for all sides.

I agree. I’m so disappointed that an institution like Harvard who knows the true history of they bother to understand it can't see past dollar signs. Instead they are gaslighting and trying to blacklist the truth. Every American has the right to free speech whether you agree or disagree.

This is not a free speech issue. If a donor doesn't like the content of speech affiliated with a university, they are free to place their funds elsewhere.

No that is not what they are doing. They are using the conservative play book of attacking individuals to silence them. This is exactly what Trump and the conservative do every day.

LOL. It wasn't conservatives that came up with TERF or Karen to silence women.
It wasn't conservatives that call everyone a MAGA, Nazi, Bot, troll for everyone opinion they disagree with.
Progressives cannot stand the idea that their monster has turned on them.

Independent voter, and I agree with pretty much all of this.

I'm progressive and agree with all of it too. These are the same people who've been threatening lesbians for years, kicking them out of Pride events if they're Jewish, calling for the cancellation of everyone who's ever said anything that they deem inappropriate...and now they're butt hurt that they're getting a dose of the same medicine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These students are not being cancelled for being against war or having a different political opinion. They are being cancelled for celebrating or justifying the deaths, rapes and kidnaps of women and children.

Firms who disagree with their viewpoint have the right not to hire them. These students are also hypocritical and should go work for firms that align with their views. It’s a win win.

I don't think that's the issue. You can choose not to hire a student without issuing press statements, doxxing them, spending millions on smear campaigns. The firms don't go through these steps when they decide not to hire other applicants, what they are doing is discriminatory and illegal in many states.

These firms are using their money and platform to suffocate those they disagree with them. They can do that in their companies, not at US colleges.

The firms are just withholding their money.

The ones doxxing them are other activist groups.

Please. These firms have people who do their dirty work for them. They just write a check and tell them to go make life hell for those students. You have to be very naive to think the people at these form would not employ their usual dirty tricks.

Talk about a jesus complex. No one is crucifying these adults, they are just refusing to hire them.

Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story. Today, private spying has boomed into a renegade, billion-dollar industry, one that is increasingly invading our privacy, profiting from deception and manipulating the news.

Big law firms in New York and London are clamoring for the services of firms like Black Cube, an Israeli company that worked for Harvey Weinstein. Dictators are using private spies as freelance intelligence agents, and off-the-shelf technology is making it easier for them to monitor cellphones and hack emails. Over the past decade, spies for hire have become more emboldened — just as their power to influence events has become more pervasive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/business/media/spooked-private-spies-news-media.html

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A former Wall Street Journal reporter is accusing a major U.S. law firm of having used mercenary hackers to oust him from his job and ruin his reputation.

In a lawsuit filed late Friday, Jay Solomon, the Journal’s former chief foreign correspondent, said Philadelphia-based Dechert LLP worked with hackers from India to steal emails between him and one of his key sources, Iranian American aviation executive Farhad Azima.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/former-wsj-reporter-says-law-firm-used-indian-hackers-sabotage-his-career-2022-10-15/

UK on brink of barring London law firms from “legal washing” for Putin cronies


ByOur Legal Correspondent
NOV 2, 2022
LAW firms in the UK and the US are to be banned from engaging in disinformation campaigns paid for by associates of Vladimir Putin and Russia’s spy network.

Under moves originally announced in the UK back in September the counter measures will cover any legal organisation working directly or indirectly for bad faith actors, with the US following suit.

The action was was prompted by growing evidence that a small minority of lawyers have been assisting the Kremlin when it comes to ways of evading sanctions, disinformation campaigns, and targeting journalists who expose associates of the Russian president.

Foreign Office analysis reveals that a staggering 85 per cent of legal work commissioned by Russia is from G7 countries, with London the front runner with 59 per cent, followed by New York headquartered firms in second.

UK on brink of barring London law firms from “legal washing” for Putin cronies

https://nationalsecuritynews.com/2022/11/936/

These are the “firms” being employed now against these students. All these firms have connections with dark side of this stuff. Law firms, hedge funds, etc are not passive.

At this point you are reaching. All the firms are doing are refusing to hire the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These students are not being cancelled for being against war or having a different political opinion. They are being cancelled for celebrating or justifying the deaths, rapes and kidnaps of women and children.

Firms who disagree with their viewpoint have the right not to hire them. These students are also hypocritical and should go work for firms that align with their views. It’s a win win.

I don't think that's the issue. You can choose not to hire a student without issuing press statements, doxxing them, spending millions on smear campaigns. The firms don't go through these steps when they decide not to hire other applicants, what they are doing is discriminatory and illegal in many states.

These firms are using their money and platform to suffocate those they disagree with them. They can do that in their companies, not at US colleges.

The firms are just withholding their money.

The ones doxxing them are other activist groups.

Please. These firms have people who do their dirty work for them. They just write a check and tell them to go make life hell for those students. You have to be very naive to think the people at these form would not employ their usual dirty tricks.

Talk about a jesus complex. No one is crucifying these adults, they are just refusing to hire them.

Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story. Today, private spying has boomed into a renegade, billion-dollar industry, one that is increasingly invading our privacy, profiting from deception and manipulating the news.

Big law firms in New York and London are clamoring for the services of firms like Black Cube, an Israeli company that worked for Harvey Weinstein. Dictators are using private spies as freelance intelligence agents, and off-the-shelf technology is making it easier for them to monitor cellphones and hack emails. Over the past decade, spies for hire have become more emboldened — just as their power to influence events has become more pervasive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/business/media/spooked-private-spies-news-media.html

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A former Wall Street Journal reporter is accusing a major U.S. law firm of having used mercenary hackers to oust him from his job and ruin his reputation.

In a lawsuit filed late Friday, Jay Solomon, the Journal’s former chief foreign correspondent, said Philadelphia-based Dechert LLP worked with hackers from India to steal emails between him and one of his key sources, Iranian American aviation executive Farhad Azima.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/former-wsj-reporter-says-law-firm-used-indian-hackers-sabotage-his-career-2022-10-15/

UK on brink of barring London law firms from “legal washing” for Putin cronies


ByOur Legal Correspondent
NOV 2, 2022
LAW firms in the UK and the US are to be banned from engaging in disinformation campaigns paid for by associates of Vladimir Putin and Russia’s spy network.

Under moves originally announced in the UK back in September the counter measures will cover any legal organisation working directly or indirectly for bad faith actors, with the US following suit.

The action was was prompted by growing evidence that a small minority of lawyers have been assisting the Kremlin when it comes to ways of evading sanctions, disinformation campaigns, and targeting journalists who expose associates of the Russian president.

Foreign Office analysis reveals that a staggering 85 per cent of legal work commissioned by Russia is from G7 countries, with London the front runner with 59 per cent, followed by New York headquartered firms in second.

UK on brink of barring London law firms from “legal washing” for Putin cronies

https://nationalsecuritynews.com/2022/11/936/

These are the “firms” being employed now against these students. All these firms have connections with dark side of this stuff. Law firms, hedge funds, etc are not passive.

Did you just discover the concept of corporate espionage?

Nobody is wasting time or resources like this on a not-yet-hired associate to dox them or whatever. Give it a rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These students are not being cancelled for being against war or having a different political opinion. They are being cancelled for celebrating or justifying the deaths, rapes and kidnaps of women and children.

Firms who disagree with their viewpoint have the right not to hire them. These students are also hypocritical and should go work for firms that align with their views. It’s a win win.

I don't think that's the issue. You can choose not to hire a student without issuing press statements, doxxing them, spending millions on smear campaigns. The firms don't go through these steps when they decide not to hire other applicants, what they are doing is discriminatory and illegal in many states.

These firms are using their money and platform to suffocate those they disagree with them. They can do that in their companies, not at US colleges.

The firms are just withholding their money.

The ones doxxing them are other activist groups.

Please. These firms have people who do their dirty work for them. They just write a check and tell them to go make life hell for those students. You have to be very naive to think the people at these form would not employ their usual dirty tricks.

Talk about a jesus complex. No one is crucifying these adults, they are just refusing to hire them.

Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story. Today, private spying has boomed into a renegade, billion-dollar industry, one that is increasingly invading our privacy, profiting from deception and manipulating the news.

Big law firms in New York and London are clamoring for the services of firms like Black Cube, an Israeli company that worked for Harvey Weinstein. Dictators are using private spies as freelance intelligence agents, and off-the-shelf technology is making it easier for them to monitor cellphones and hack emails. Over the past decade, spies for hire have become more emboldened — just as their power to influence events has become more pervasive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/business/media/spooked-private-spies-news-media.html

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A former Wall Street Journal reporter is accusing a major U.S. law firm of having used mercenary hackers to oust him from his job and ruin his reputation.

In a lawsuit filed late Friday, Jay Solomon, the Journal’s former chief foreign correspondent, said Philadelphia-based Dechert LLP worked with hackers from India to steal emails between him and one of his key sources, Iranian American aviation executive Farhad Azima.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/former-wsj-reporter-says-law-firm-used-indian-hackers-sabotage-his-career-2022-10-15/

UK on brink of barring London law firms from “legal washing” for Putin cronies


ByOur Legal Correspondent
NOV 2, 2022
LAW firms in the UK and the US are to be banned from engaging in disinformation campaigns paid for by associates of Vladimir Putin and Russia’s spy network.

Under moves originally announced in the UK back in September the counter measures will cover any legal organisation working directly or indirectly for bad faith actors, with the US following suit.

The action was was prompted by growing evidence that a small minority of lawyers have been assisting the Kremlin when it comes to ways of evading sanctions, disinformation campaigns, and targeting journalists who expose associates of the Russian president.

Foreign Office analysis reveals that a staggering 85 per cent of legal work commissioned by Russia is from G7 countries, with London the front runner with 59 per cent, followed by New York headquartered firms in second.

UK on brink of barring London law firms from “legal washing” for Putin cronies

https://nationalsecuritynews.com/2022/11/936/

These are the “firms” being employed now against these students. All these firms have connections with dark side of this stuff. Law firms, hedge funds, etc are not passive.

Did you just discover the concept of corporate espionage?

Nobody is wasting time or resources like this on a not-yet-hired associate to dox them or whatever. Give it a rest.

Exactly--this is QAnon type crazy.

No firm is going to spend a dime on discrediting a potential first year associate. They just aren't important enough.