Monday, April 07, 2025

More detail on Perkins Coie suing after Trump bullying. Suing against the bullying. Some fight. Some caved.

 Bloomberg law, not paywalled per my browser settings:

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/law-firms-back-perkins-coie-in-lawsuit-fighting-trump  --- the report

https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/PERKINSCOIELLPvUSDEPARTMENTOFJUSTICEetalDocketNo125cv00716DDCMar1/4?doc_id=X3UOB6EAOJ9T5RC5BLC7JI8P68  --- the documents

See also, 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/03/opinion/law-firms-must-stand-up-trumps-attacks/  --- not paywalled??

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-professors-legal-groups-back-perkins-coie-lawsuit-over-trump-order-2025-04-03/ 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/504-law-firms-sign-amicus-040025710.html

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5233200-law-firms-judges-trump-executive-order-perkins-coie/ 

And there is even now a Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeting_law_firms_and_lawyers_under_the_second_Trump_administration

The Wiki item, in part -

On March 12, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell of the US District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked part of the order against Perkins Coie.[2][21] In reviewing the case, Howell "cited the First Amendment in temporarily blocking the portion of the order limiting their attorneys’ access to federal buildings and requiring government contractors to disclose if they do business with the firm."[4] Howell said that the order likely violated several constitutional amendments and "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession".[22] Howell, an appointee of former president Barack Obama, stated that like the Queen of Hearts, Trump's statements are entertaining to read about but “cannot be the reality we are living” under the law.[4] Howell stated: "I am sure many in the legal profession are watching in horror about what Perkins Coie is going through here." [2] The Department of Justice attempted to have Howell removed from the case, alleging that she is "insufficiently impartial", but the motion was denied.[23] Jenner & Block and WilmerHale have also filed suit.[24]

This is a judge who could hand Trump his ass, so clearly they want to bounce her.