On Aug. 7, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting “debanking. The order defines debanking as “an act by a bank, savings association, credit union, or other financial services provider to directly or indirectly adversely restrict access to, or adversely modify the conditions of, accounts, loans or other banking products or financial services of any customer or potential customer on the basis of the customer's or potential customer's political or religious beliefs, or on the basis of the customer's or potential customer's lawful business activities that the financial service provider disagrees with or disfavors for political reasons.

Amy Tu agreed to not work for a Target competitor for 24 months as part of the agreement, which the retail giant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week.

In Hong Kong as well as other locales in Asia, many lawyers are under even more stress and experience more pressure than the norm, experts say.