Okay, one more TPM scoop for the day.
As TPM reported back on December 6th, there was always major controversy within the law firm of Morrison & Foerster over its decision to represent American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh. Now, according to this article, the firm has removed its name from the representation and the case is being conducted under the names of the attorneys handling Walker’s defense. (The lead attorney is MoFo partner James J. Brosnahan.)
Now, however, TPM can reveal a heretofore unreported element of the controversy — a fact, at first at least, not even revealed to many partners in the firm.
Morrison & Foerster not only agreed to take Walker’s case. From the beginning, they agreed to do so pro bono.
Ya heard it here first.