Updates on #LawFirms targeted by #Trump:
#WilmerHale [employed Robert Mueller] — Judge Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, set a 4:30 PM hearing
#JennerBlock [employed Andrew Weissmann] — Judge Bates, another a George W. Bush appointee, set a 5:45PM hearing
Last Fri, #PerkinsCoie [worked for Hillary Clinton] got a TRO while the case moves forward.
#PaulWeiss, cut a deal w/Trump last month, promising $40M in pro bono legal services & to hire an outside consultant to review employment practices.
New court filing: #PerkinsCoie v. #DOJ re #Trump #ExecutiveOrder punishing the #law firm
The Trump had filed to disqualify Judge Beryl Howell, basic #JudgeShopping.
Denied.
“Though this adage is commonplace, and the tactic overused, it is called to mind by defendants' pending motion to disqualify this Court: ‘When you can't attack the message, attack the messenger.’“
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290.36.0_1.pdf
The Chief of Staff for #PamBondi, the United States Attorney General, posted this attack on influential conservative legal mind #MikeLutig.
For those who don’t know, #Trump issued an EO targeting the law firm #PerkinsCoie. The firm’s attys are barred from entering federal buildings (federal courts are federal buildings) & removed their security clearances. Michael Sussman, a fmr Perkins Coie atty was involved in Trump’s first impeachment.
"This is nothing less than government compelled speech – a textbook #FirstAmendment violation. The #government is explicitly forcing a private entity to dedicate resources to supporting specific #political initiatives. That a major #law firm would accept such an obviously #unconstitutional demand, rather than challenge it as #PerkinsCoie did, represents a complete abdication of their professional responsibilities"
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/paul-weisss-shameful-surrender-makes-every-lawyer-there-complicit-in-trumpian-constitutional-desecration/
ActBlue attacked: Republicans move to outlaw Democratic Party lawyers and fundraising tools
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/trump-republicans-attack-democrats-actblue.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#nazigermany #perkinscoie #republicans #marcelias #politics #actblue #-
Yesterday a #Federal judge barred parts of an insane illegal heavy handed and chilling childlike #DJT #ExecutiveOrder targeting exclusively employees and clients of a large influential #DC #beltway #lawfirm he doesn't like.
Known as #PerkinsCoie , the 100+ yr old firm started in #Seattle and has long represented biz & top tech clients including #Amazon & #Microsoft etc, as well as many other #Fortune500 names .
The #RWNJ #HoiPolloi anger at the firm has to do with the fact #PerkinsCoie attorneys helped commission the embarrassing and disputed #SteeleDossier that included allegations against a failed NJ casino operator turned political candidate.who eventually became President TWICE!
The far reaching petty #policestate and draconian #Drumpf overreach would've made it virtually impossible for #employees or any of the 1000+ #attorneys at the firm to do biz in #DC . The order barred firm partners from even speaking to #federalemployees, or to physically enter any govt #property including #courtrooms etc.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/perkins-coie-executive-order-restraining-order
Gegen die Zersetzung des Rechtsstaats durch das Trump-Regime braucht es internationale Solidarität.
Widerstand statt Fügsamkeit
Update: Judge temporarily parts of Trump EO on Perkins Coie
Judge compared the president to the Queen of Hearts in “Alice in Wonderland,” noting that the rash queen’s outbursts — “Off with their heads!” — are entertaining to read about but “cannot be the reality we are living” under our Constitution.
Judge indicates Trump’s order likely violates the First Amendment for retaliating against protected speech and that it also likely runs afoul of due process protections and the Perkins Coie’s clients’ Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
“issuing an executive order targeting the firm based on the president’s dislike of the political positions of the firm’s clients or the firm’s litigation positions is retaliatory and runs head-on into the role of First Amendment protection.”
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5191623-trump-executive-order-perkins-coie/ #POTUS #PerkinsCoie #lawsuit #defamation #DoJ #USA #USAGov
“ the executive order appeared punitive because Trump had previously failed in suing Perkins Coie in his personal capacity, saying: “This ground is a personal grievance that president Trump has already attempted to pursue in a personal lawsuit that was dismissed in its entirety by a court in the southern district of New York.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/judge-blocks-trump-order-perkins-coie
Judge says Trump penalties on law firm send ‘chills down my spine’
D.C. federal judge ordered the #Trump administration to at least temporarily halt the penalties it levied on law firm #PerkinsCoie, which represented clients #HillaryClinton and #DNC
>>The order, which [the president] signed last week, was designed to punish Perkins Coie by suspending the security clearances of the firm’s lawyers as well as denying firm employees access to federal buildings and terminating their federal contracts.
It was the latest retributive action taken . . . against the legal community, coming soon after an earlier order that targeted security clearances of lawyers at a separate law firm who have provided legal services to special counsel Jack Smith, who led criminal investigations into the Republican before his second term.<<
#PerkinsCoie #Retribution #SecurityClearances #USPol
https://fox59.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-law-firm-sues-over-trump-executive-order-that-seeks-to-suspend-security-clearances/
Law firm Perkins Coie who are the subject of an Executive Order have filed a lawsuit against Trump administration. The Trump administration is picking a fight with some of the best and brightest lawyers in America.
POTUS and team Get ready for a MAJOR smack down!! One example of positions in the complaint.
"Because the Order singles out Perkins Coie, it denies the firm the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.... the Order constitutes retaliatory viewpoint discrimination and, therefore, violates the First Amendment rights of free expression and association, and the right to petition the government for redress. Because the Order compels disclosure of confidential information revealing the firm’s relationships with its clients, it violates the First Amendment."
DL the entire complaint here: https://abovethelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Perkins-Coie-v-DOJ-20250311.pdf #POTUS #PerkinsCoie #lawsuit #defamation #DoJ #USA #USAGov
Serious opposition begins to form after WH attacks on law firm Perkins Coie.
This order could be used to physically prevent Perkins Coie lawyers from entering federal courts to represent their clients. It’s a direct assault on the fundamental right to legal representation and due process.
#PerkinsCoie #lawyers #dueprocess #legalrepresentation
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/trumps-latest-weapon-against-critics-destroying-their-lawyers/
Reminder of Sep ’22 efforts by #MarkMeadows & #StephenMiller to strangle #voteraccess, long after their anti-democracy, tinhorn gang leader—#malignantNPD #Mangolini of #MalALardo—refused to admit 2020 defeat.
#MarcEElias (formerly w/ #PerkinsCoie) has been battling their ilk since 2020.
They all 3 deserve the severest sentences courts can mete out.
Weds 8/23 - Perkins Coie Sued Over #DEI, JPMorgan Bigwigs Sentenced, WV Denied Cert in CFPB Case, Meta Problems in Norway and WGA Strike Updates
We have #PerkinsCoie sued over diversity initiatives, former head of #JPMorgan’s precious metals trading desk sentenced, #WV denied cert in #CFPB case, #Meta in trouble in #Norway and #WGA strike updates
https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/weds-823-perkins-coie-sued-over-dei
