The firm agreed to provide pro bono work for causes chosen by Trump and to change its workplace diversity practices, the White House said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a prominent law firm who cut a deal with President Donald Trump last week to avert the consequences of a White House executive order told colleagues in an email Sunday that he did so because the order “could easily have destroyed our firm” and put it out of business.

Trump's executive order against Paul Weiss suspended its lawyers' security clearances and restricted their access to government buildings and officials, citing the firm's diversity policies and its association with Pomerantz.