BakerHostetler Abandons Lawsuit Against Obama After Tonight Show Treatment

The firm was skewered by Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon for representing House Republicans in their legal battle against President Barack Obama. That, and fears the representation could drive clients way, may have been enough to make BakerHostetler think twice, according to anonymous sources. In any case, BakerHostetler has now withdrawn from the case, and the GOP will be represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Fallon created a fake commercial for the law firm in which an actor urges the audience to “Call Baker Hostetler, and we’ll fight for your right to make the president’s life a little more annoying.”