Judges block Trump orders targeting 2 law firms
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Jenner argues the White House’s true aim “is to cause clients to question their relationships with their chosen counsel at the Firm,” and to “single out and punish Jenner & Block for its protected sp...
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Jenner & Block said Friday that the executive order is unconstitutional and that it expects to “prevail quickly.”
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And so far its biggest clients and superstar lawyers are standing with it.
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A U.S. judge temporarily blocked key parts of Donald Trump's executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block on Friday - calling parts of it reprehensible and disturbing - even as another firm, Skadden Arps,
WilmerHale and Jenner & Block sued President Donald Trump's administration on Friday over his executive orders targeting the law firms, escalating a clash between the Republican president and a large swath of the legal profession.
The lawsuit filed by Jenner & Block is part of a broader narrative involving President Trump's contentious relationship with various law firms. This executive order is part of a series of measures targeting white-collar firms that Trump views as oppositional.
President Donald Trump expanded his attacks on major U.S. law firms on Tuesday as he signed an executive order targeting Jenner & Block, which represents clients challenging some of his major policies and formerly employed a prosecutor involved in a special counsel investigation of his 2016 campaign.
A law firm filed suit against the Trump administration seeking to block an executive order signed last week that targeted its attorneys' security clearances.
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A federal judge sided with Jenner & Block in a TRO hearing on Friday afternoon, deeming sections of a recent executive order against the firm unconstitutional.
The suit, filed in a Washington, D.C., federal court, alleges the administration engaged in unconstitutional retaliation that violates the First Amendment.
By Tierney Sneed, Devan Cole, Emily R. Condon and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two federal judges in separate rulings late Friday froze parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale,
Jenner & Block and WilmerHale sued the Trump administration Friday over the president’s executive orders targeting the law firms. Trump has signed a series of executive orders that take aim at