AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - DOJ backs down in legal fight with law firms Trump targeted
The Department of Justice moved to dismiss its civil case against four leading law firms that won rulings against President Trump's executive orders targeting them for employing or representing his critics. The big picture: The DOJ's motion to dismiss its lawsuit appeals against Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block and Susman Godfrey comes after other prestigious law firms caught in Trump's crosshairs agreed to provide almost $1 billion worth of legal work to the president instead of going to court. What they're saying: The DOJ's decision to withdraw its appeals "makes permanent the rulings of four federal judges that the executive orders targeting law firms ... were unconstitutional," Jenner & Block said in a statement Monday.…
The Department of Justice moved to dismiss its civil case against four leading law firms that won rulings against President Trump's executive orders targeting them for employing or representing his critics. The big picture: The DOJ's motion to dismiss its lawsuit appeals against Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block and Susman Godfrey comes after other prestigious law firms caught in Trump's crosshairs agreed to provide almost $1 billion worth of legal work to the president instead of going to court. What they're saying: The DOJ's decision to withdraw its appeals "makes permanent the rulings of four federal judges that the executive orders targeting law firms ... were unconstitutional," Jenner & Block said in a statement Monday.…Open