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The Republican antitrust offensive has “had a very real chilling effect on the financial sector” and is “almost certain to have a detrimental effect on achieving climate goals in the U.S.,” said Hana Heineken, an attorney for ClientEarth, a legal nonprofit that advocates for climate accountability.

Another source, a former prosecutor who handled fraud cases in the U.S. attorney’s office and sought anonymity over concerns about facing professional backlash, said he believes Schleifer’s firing is “going to have an incredible chilling effect on any line federal prosecutor who is thinking about criminally investigating or prosecuting an executive of any company of any significance.”

It is clear these blunt force tactics are designed to intimidate and silence lawyers, judges and law students, creating a chilling effect across the legal profession that makes them far less likely to speak out in the face of personal and professional retribution.

“Moreover, it does not clearly distinguish between antisemitism and anti-Zionism, which will have a chilling effect on free speech.”

The watchdog said the "chilling effect" this would have on anyone wanting to voice an opposing view meant the university failed in its duty to uphold freedom of speech on campus.