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DOJ abruptly U-turns after dropping defense of Trump’s battle with law firms

Government lawyers have not explained why they reversed course after abandoning their defense of the president

The Independent UK

After abandoning law firm executive orders, Trump administration reverses course and pursues fight

After abandoning its efforts to enforce executive orders targeting some of the world’s top law firms, President Donald Trump's administration has abruptly reversed course and said it'll proceed with the court fight

The Independent UK

DOJ Briefly Abandons Trump's Unconstitutional Orders Targeting Law Firms

The administration's capricious behavior underlies the inherent problem with giving a single person so much power.

Reason

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Law firm Ashurst strikes merger deal with US business Perkins Coie

The groups said the planned combination will create one of the largest 20 global law firms by revenues.

Evening Standard

The Democratic superlawyer Trump can’t silence: ‘We are in the break-glass moment of American history’

Marc Elias has long defended high-profile Democrats and election law, resisting Trump’s crackdown on his opponents

The Guardian - US

Trump v. law firms: President uses power on potential court foes - Roll Call

More than a dozen law firms have made deals or faced executive orders against them since President Donald Trump took office.

Roll Call

Federal judge bars Trump’s ‘unconstitutional’ retaliation against law firm Perkins Coie

In a ‘cringe-worthy twist’ on Shakespeare, Trump is urging in an ‘unconstitutional’ attack: Let’s ‘kill all the lawyers I don’t like,’ the judge wrote

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Trump order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional, judge rules

US district judge Beryl Howell says order violates first, fifth and sixth amendments and permanently blocks it

The Guardian - US

First Amendment Injunction Against Administration in Perkins Coie Law Firm Case

The result generally strikes me as correct; but this is surely not the last word on the matter, since I expect a prompt appeal to the D.C. Circuit.

Reason

Judge strikes down Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie

A federal court has declared Trump’s attacks on law firms an ‘overt attempt to suppress and punish certain viewpoints’.

Al Jazeera

By Openly Retaliating Against Disfavored Law Firms, Trump Attacks Free Speech and the Right to Counsel

Two of his targets are seeking permanent injunctions against the president's blatantly unconstitutional executive orders.

Reason

Federal judge expresses deep skepticism over Trump law firm executive order

A federal judge has expressed deep skepticism over a White House executive order targeting a prominent law firm, signaling that she was inclined to grant a request to permanently block its enforcement

The Independent UK

US Judge Fighting Trump's Orders Reveals Menacing Tactic Being Used to Silence Her and Other Judges

Trump is waging an unprecedented campaign against legal institutions, targeting pillars of the judicial system through executive orders and social media attacks.

International Business Times UK

Trump says five more law firms agree to pro bono work to avoid punitive executive orders

Cadwalader and Latham & Watkins among major firms to provide $600m in pro bono work to Trump-backed causes

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Trump signs order targeting law firm behind $787.5m Fox defamation suit

Order punishes Susman Godfrey, which helped Dominion Voting Systems get millions from Fox for 2020 election lies

Reason

Trump Abuses Government Power To Punish Democrats' Law Firms

The president is politically targeting those he says politically targeted him.

The Guardian - US

Bernie Sanders: law firms that cut deals with Trump administration ‘sell out their soul’

Firms that were targeted by president after representing his political rivals show ‘absolute cowardice’, says US senator

Al Jazeera

More than 500 firms sign brief in support of Trump-targeted law office

The law firm Perkins Coie is fighting an executive order from Donald Trump limiting its access to federal buildings.

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The Guardian - US

Trump’s attacks on law firms are an attack on law itself

In unprecedented orders, the president is targeting lawyers simply for filing cases he opposes. And firms are surrendering

Reason

Law Professors' Amicus Brief Supporting the Perkins Coie Law Firm in Challenge to Executive Order

The brief, just filed yesterday in district court is here; I was pleased to be one of the very many… The post Law Professors' Amicus Brief Supporting the Perkins Coie Law Firm in Challenge to Executive Order appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

Law firms fear Trump orders could affect security clearances of lawyers who are military reservists

President Donald Trump says executive orders targeting law firms are being issued in the name of national security, with the White House asserting that the firms don’t deserve access to sensitive U.S. government information

Reason

Dear Harvard: You Have $50 Billion in the Bank - Use It Now

Isn't one of the reasons you have built up an endowment that it will allow you to protect your integrity as an institution of higher learning from political assault?

The Guardian - US

Americans are beginning to fear dissent. That’s exactly what Trump wants

Attacks on the pillars of civil society are chilling speech. But American democracy was built on criticism

The Guardian - US

Trump sued by two law firms as another makes deal to avoid being targeted

Jenner & Block and WilmerHale seek to stop executive orders that would halt business with government

The Guardian - US

‘A capitalistic cowardice’: big law firms being threatened by Trump face pressure to speak out

Trump signed executive orders aimed at firms challenging his administration’s priorities, roiling the legal community

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