US EditionTrump Administration to Drop Court Fight Against Law Firms Targeted in Executive Orders: Report
The Justice Department ceased appeals after federal courts blocked Trump’s orders targeting four major law firms for representing clients opposing him, ending a high-profile legal dispute.
- On 3/2/26, the U.S. Department of Justice notified firms it would drop its appeals in Jenner & Block v. DOJ, D.C. Cir., 25-5265, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- Four federal judges in Washington, D.C. last year found executive orders unconstitutional after they sought to revoke lawyers' security clearances and bar federal building access, with district judges calling the measures unprecedented retaliation.
- The firms included WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey, as the DOJ plans to drop its appeals, according to the Wall Street Journal.
- The move hands a major win to WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey, as the Justice Department plans to drop its appeals, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- Though judges struck down the orders, large American law firms changed hiring and pro bono work, filings were due beginning later this week, with briefing over the next two months and same-day oral arguments.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) withdrew its defense on Monday from a series of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump targeting several prominent U.S. law firms. According to court records, the administration abandoned its appeals from four separate federal rulings that had blocked the directives against Susman Godfrey, Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale. Late Monday, the agency’s lawyers decided to file motions to voluntari…
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