Case involved Trump orders targeting major law firms for representing clients or causes the president did not like
The US justice department has dropped legal proceedings against four law firms that stood up to retaliatory executive actions by Donald Trump for representing clients or causes the president did not like.
A number of other law companies made settlements with Trump’s administration in the months after his second presidency began to avoid consequences, including being stripped of security clearances and having access to government buildings terminated.
Critics called the capitulations, which included commitments of pro-bono legal work for causes favored by Trump, acts of “capitalistic cowardice”.
The four companies that defied Trump – Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Susman Godfrey and Jenner & Block – learned on Monday that the justice department was dropping its appeal against trial court rulings that blocked implementation of the president’s executive orders imposing sanctions.
