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Over 500 Law Firms Unite Against Trump's Executive Orders Targeting Legal Community

Over 500 law firms signed a brief opposing President Donald Trump's executive orders against law firms that represent his political opponents.
Perkins Coie argues that the orders violate the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments, claiming retaliation and a lack of due process.
Federal judges, including Judge Beryl A. Howell, have temporarily blocked the enforcement of Trump's orders.
The orders have faced criticism from law school deans and bar associations, emphasizing their potential unconstitutionality and threat to the legal profession.

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Day Around the Bay: California Law Firm Sues Trump On Behalf of 500 Firms

Local:California law firm, Munger, Tolles & Olson, the former firm of J.D. Vance’s wife, Usha, has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of more than 500 law firms who have been targeted by the Trump administration for representing opposing candidates and causes. The lawsuit was filed in support of Perkins Coie, a firm that was targeted by Trump, who ordered revocation of its security clearances, cancellation of government contracts, and denial of a…

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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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Carville compares law firms working with Trump to Nazi collaborators

James Carville said law firms deciding to collaborate with President Donald Trump amid his executive orders punishing their previous legal work against him were no different than Nazi “collaborators” working with Hitler during World War II. In various executive orders,…

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More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus

A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.

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Big Law launches a trickle of resistance against Trump’s crackdown

“The judiciary should act with resolve — now — to ensure that this abuse of executive power ceases,” the brief reads.

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Big Law's biggest players are absent from brief opposing Trump's attacks on law firms

504 law firms signed onto a brief opposing Trump's war on Big Law.REUTERS/Carlos BarriaDonald Trump's attacks against Big Law firms have drawn three lawsuits. A few other firms settled.504 law firms asked the courts to put a stop to it.But from Kirkland & Ellis to Paul Hastings, the highest-earning firms in Big Law declined to join.More than 500 law firms — including some of the country's most prominent — signed onto a legal brief Friday to oppo…

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