• The Masters are underway at Augusta National Golf Club.
• The club enforces a strict no-cellphone policy during the tournament.
• Patrons hope it stays that way.

Troy Wahlberg waited over 15 years to walk across the meticulously manicured landscapes at Augusta National Golf Club.

The golf club, nestled in east Georgia, has hosted the prestigious Masters since 1934. Golf enthusiasts worldwide travel to the annual tournament to watch the sport's best battle for the coveted green jacket.

Wahlberg managed to snag tickets to the Masters through its lottery system. "It's a lifelong dream come true," he told Business Insider.

When he arrived for the practice rounds at Augusta National this week, he had a small point-and-shoot camera in his pocket.

His cellphone, however, was absent.

Attendees are prohibited from bringing cellphones onto Augusta National's grounds during the tournament. Other electronic items, like laptops, tablets, radios, and TVs, are also a no-go at the Masters. Patrons violating these policies could be removed from Augusta National's grounds and lose their tickets.

In the era of ubiquitous screens and nonstop notifications, the Masters keeps things analog.

"It's peaceful," Wahlberg said. "It's like camping. You slowly detach."

Attending the Masters means disconnecting from the world for sometimes hours at a time, which can cause problems for people who rely on our super-connected society for work. A Wall Street Journal reporter wrote that some working in finance who attended the tournament on Wednesday were unaware, for instance, that President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on many tariffs until he told them.

Wahlberg felt a "phantom buzzing" in his pocket for the first few hours at the Masters but said the lack of cellphones is part of the event's magic.

"You sit next to other patrons, and nobody has a face in a screen, so you're forced to have conversations," he said. "I couldn't tell you the names of anybody we sat by, but I could rehash all the conversations."

Patrons at the Masters aren't completely off the grid, though. Instead, they wait in line to use pay phones provided by the golf club.

Augusta National also allows patrons to bring cameras during the practice rounds, but they're prohibited on tournament days. "It was neat to have a camera there to capture moments," Wahlberg said. "We got to get our selfies."

The anti-cellphone wave has gained traction in recent years. Garth Brooks banned phones during his Las Vegas residency. Many comedians also now require guests to place their phones in cases until after the show.

Most performers and athletes, however, still perform for a sea of cameras and smartphones. Wahlberg doesn't want that at the Masters.

"I think the patrons and fans of this event would appropriately riot if they ever decided to change," Wahlberg said. "I 100% hope we continue this trend of no cellphones at events."

Fortunately, it doesn't appear Augusta National will change its policy anytime soon.

Masters chairman Fred Ridley discussed the ban ahead of the 2019 tournament, saying patrons appreciated it.

"I don't believe that's a policy that anyone should expect is going to change in the near future, if ever," Ridley said. "I can't speak for future chairmen, but speaking for myself, I think we got that right."

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• The law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett made a deal with Trump to avoid a punitive executive order.
• The firm joins a growing list of law firms, like Paul Weiss, that have made similar agreements.
• A Simpson Thacher associate resigned in response, accusing Trump of "weaponizing" the legal system.

The fallout from President Donald Trump's attack on big US law firms continues to deepen.

While a few firms are fighting Trump's punitive executive orders in court, others are striking deals with the administration — which include millions of dollars in pro bono work for Trump-aligned causes — to avoid them altogether.

The decision to seek deals with the Trump administration has divided the legal community. Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp, the first to make a deal with Trump, told his firm last month in an email that the firm had no choice because Trump's executive orders were an "existential" threat.

Others have characterized the deals as a capitulation and a dangerous precedent. Several associates at targeted law firms have resigned in protest.

On Friday, Siunik Moradian, a Los Angeles-based associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, joined them.

In an email to his colleagues, Moradian criticized the firm's decision to make a deal with the White House, which included about $125 million in pro bono work.

"By capitulating today, Simpson Thacher joins several other historic, powerful, influential, and well-resourced law firms in bending the knee and kissing the ring of authoritarianism," he wrote. "If even lawyers won't fight unlawful governmental weaponization of the courts, who will?"

Moradian then left his position at the firm.

In an interview with Business Insider, Moradian said he previously thought about leaving before Simpson Thacher made its deal with the Trump administration.

"It was something that I was contemplating ever since Paul Weiss and Skadden capitulated, and I saw that, to my surprise, firms were a lot more willing to cut a deal than I thought," he said.

"When the executive orders and the EEOC letters to the respective firms were sent out, I felt quite confident that these well-resourced law firms are not going to fold — they're going to fight this," he continued. "Once I saw that I was, I guess, misguided in that expectation, I had begun thinking what I would do if Simpson was put in that position as well."

Moradian told BI that "from a legal standpoint, it seems like an easy fight."

"I think what becomes really concerning for me is that these law firms are not making deals because of the strength of the Trump administration's claims or potential claims," he said. "They're extra-legal extortionist tactics, and it just seems like a dangerous precedent and something that the Trump administration is going to add to their playbook of weaponizing the legal system in the courts."

Moradian joins former Skadden associates Rachel Cohen and Brenna Frey — who also resigned over their firm's deal with the administration.

Trump has now secured about $940 million in pro bono legal work from a range of firms, including Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Milbank LLP, and Paul Weiss.

Several firms, on the other hand, have fought back.

Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie, and WilmerHale have all sued the administration over the executive orders. And this week, Susman Godfrey, the target of a similar executive order, joined them.

Moradian told BI that he sent his email across the firm to show there were differing views.

"If the only exposure that people have to what the Trump administration is doing is firms capitulating and releasing these really sanitized statements about how promising hundreds of millions of dollars of pro bono legal services and wiping their DEI and being beholden to the Trump administration is a good thing, I think there should also be voices that are vocally saying, 'No, this isn't a good thing,'" he said.

"Many more people than those that vocally quit are in opposition to this," he added.

Moradian told BI that the legal industry is "under threat" and that firms should take a stand. "I think what is alarming to me is the easiest time to resist this type of weaponization and illegal action is as early as possible," he said.

"This appeasement just seems incredibly shortsighted to me," he continued. "The Trump administration has started this fight with the legal system, and it's going to be harder to fight the more that these powerful institutions don't fight it."

Simpson Thacher did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

• My daughter skipped the terrible twos, and I thought I was safe from tantrums.
• Then, when she was 3, at a fair, she threw her shoe at another kid because she was angry at me.
• Another mom saw my frustration and gave me parenting advice that has stuck with me for years.

"She's perfect," my pediatrician said the day she met my daughter.

And she was. She was an easygoing baby who'd leapfrogged the dreaded terrible twos. I thought we were past tantrums and meltdowns.

Our lives followed a predictable rhythm: five incredibly structured school days followed by two stay-at-home days. I lived for precious time dedicated to my own children, a reprieve from my working mother's guilt.

Then she threw an epic tantrum at a fair.

She didn't want to leave

One Saturday, I'd planned to meet a friend at the town harvest fair. My 3-year-old walked to the closet and homed in on a newly acquired hand-me-down black velour jumper.

"I want to wear this, Mommy."

It was September in New England, so I knew that if she wore the jumper, she'd be sweltering by late morning. I pulled leggings and a tee from her dresser and offered them up as an alternative, explaining that she might not be comfortable with the outfit she chose.

I worried I wouldn't be comfortable, either. As a teacher in town, I knew we'd encounter parents and kids. I worried how my toddler's self-styled get-up would reflect on both of us.

But she was determined, so I relented.

As anticipated, it was turning out to be a very warm day. My infant, who'd been peacefully snoozing in her stroller while her big sister and I made our way through the fair, starting at the school bake sale and ending at the bounce house, had woken. It was time for us to leave.

I reached my hand out for my pink-cheeked toddler to grab hold of and cheerfully said, "Time to go."

"No," she said, then dropped to the ground, smack dab in the center of the town green.

I stood with one hand on the stroller, stunned. Was what I thought was about to happen actually happening?

Was my easygoing, perennially peaceful child actually on the verge of her first tantrum? Here? In public?

She started shouting

I wiggled the fingers on my outstretched hand and gestured for her to come and take my hand. "Let's go," I said in an artificially sweet voice.

"I. Want. To. Stay!" she shouted.

I froze, disbelieving that my perfect daughter was actually going to have a full-scale tantrum. In public. I heard the crackle of the Velcro strap, followed by the vision of a size nine patent leather Mary Jane flying through the air, falling to the ground after making contact with a little girl.

I watched the stunned child look up at her dad and then turn in our direction.

Making eye contact with the little girl, my heart sank. The big, brown eyes belonged to a sweet, shy little girl, who, as luck would have it, was a student of mine.

Rushing to her and her dad, I blurted, "Iamsosorry."

The girl's dad said nothing and handed me the shoe.

Mortified, I strode to my daughter, scooped her up, and placed her on my hip.

I reached for the stroller with the other. Out of nowhere, a mom from the previous year's class appeared beside me.

I was horrified

"Hey," she said, placing her hand on mine. "You OK?" I told her I was horrified at my daughter's actions. She didn't judge me, and instead, warmly and with a smile, said, "We've all been there."

I didn't believe her. I couldn't picture this chill mom and her chill kids falling apart in public. But she doubled down, "Every single one of us."

Those words of unity were the words I needed to hear. They were words of compassion instead of judgment, an acknowledgment that I was doing my best and that my kids were, too.

Decades later, I find myself repeating her compassionate words in my head when I encounter another stressed-out mom doing her best to manage her little one's big feelings and aloud when it feels like a mom really needs to hear the healing words to let her know she's not alone.

We've all been there. Every single one of us.

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