Trump says Skadden, Arps law firm will provide $100 million in pro bono legal services, avoiding executive order

President Donald Trump said Friday that the large law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has agreed to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal services during the Trump administration.

The agreement — which Trump called "essentially a settlement" — calls for other actions and allows Skadden, Arps to avoid becoming the sixth elite law firm to be targeted by an executive order from Trump imposing various punishments.

Those actions include Skadden, Arps committing "to merit-based hiring, promotion and retention" and that firm will not deny representation to clients from politically disenfranchised groups who have not historically received legal representation from major national law firm.

"We appreciate Skadden's coming to the table," Trump said.

The deal came five days after the billionaire Elon Musk — one of Trump's top advisors — tweeted "Skadden, this needs to stop now" in response to a social media post by conservative gadfly Dinesh D'Souza complaining that the firm's lawyers were litigating against him over a film he produced.

Trump last week rescinded his executive order targeting the law firm Paul, Weiss after that firm agreed to perform $40 million worth of pro bono — free — legal work for causes that the president supports.

Trump said Friday that Skadden, Arps would perform pro bono work for causes that he and the firm both support, such as "assisting veterans and other public servants, including members of the military, law enforcement and" others.

He said Skadden, Arps committed to providing pro bono legal services to a wide variety of "deserving organizations and individuals," and to funding scholarships for no fewer than five so-called Skadden fellows.

Earlier Friday, two targeted law firms, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block, filed federal lawsuits against the Trump administration over the executive orders targeting them.

A third targeted firm, Perkins Coie, sued the administration earlier this month.

CNBC has requested comment from Skadden, Arps.

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