# 2025-04867: Government severs ties with Paul Weiss for unethical practices

2025-04867, Addressing Risks From Paul Weiss, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-03-20, effective 2025-03-14 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04867
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04867
- Title: Addressing Risks From Paul Weiss
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 13039
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Effective: 2025-03-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

Government severs ties with Paul Weiss for unethical practices

## Summary

The government is cutting ties with the big law firm Paul Weiss because of shady actions that hurt communities, promote unfair prosecutions, and discriminate against employees. Starting now, no taxpayer money will support Paul Weiss, aiming to protect fairness and justice for everyone. This move affects federal contracts and funding, signaling a serious crackdown on unethical legal practices.

## Effects PRIA read

- Security Clearances Suspended Immediately: cost, high. The Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and other agency heads must immediately take steps, consistent with law, to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Paul, Weiss and by Mark Pomerantz, pending a review of whether those clearances are consistent with…
- Government Facilities and Services Cut Off: cost, medium. The Office of Management and Budget shall identify Government goods, property, material, and services provided for the benefit of Paul, Weiss, including Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), and agency heads shall, to the extent permitted by law, expeditiously cease providing such…
- Contractors Must Disclose Paul Weiss Business: cost, medium. Government contracting agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, require contractors to disclose any business they do with Paul, Weiss and whether that business is related to the subject of the Government contract.
- Agencies May Terminate Paul Weiss Contracts: cost, high. Heads of all agencies shall review contracts with Paul, Weiss or with entities that disclose doing business with Paul, Weiss and, to the maximum extent permitted by law (including the Federal Acquisition Regulation), take appropriate steps to terminate any contract for which Paul, Weiss has been hi…
- Federal Hiring and Access Limits for Paul Weiss: cost, medium. Agency heads shall, to the extent permitted by law, limit official access from Federal Government buildings to employees of Paul, Weiss when such access would threaten national security or be inconsistent with U.S. interests; they shall also limit Government employees acting in their official capac…

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## Sources
- [2025-04867 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/20/2025-04867/addressing-risks-from-paul-weiss)
- [2025-04867 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-20/pdf/2025-04867.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04867 (as of 2026-11-04).