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By Diana Novak Jones, Mike Scarcella and Sara Merken |
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Perkins Coie sued the Trump administration in federal court, claiming the White House illegally retaliated against the firm over its prior work for his former opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, and its internal policies promoting diversity and inclusion, Mike Scarcella writes.
The lawsuit, signed by 14 partners at law firm Williams & Connolly, asked a U.S. judge to declare Trump’s executive order unlawful and to bar its enforcement. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell set a hearing for this afternoon. Read the complaint and request for a temporary restraining order.
The 1,200-lawyer firm was targeted by Trump's executive order on March 6. The firm's lawsuit said at least seven clients, including a major government contractor, had withdrawn legal work from Perkins Coie due to the executive order. The lawsuit said Perkins Coie “cannot allow its clients to be bullied.” A White House spokesperson declined to comment. |
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President Donald Trump fired Tara Twomey, director of the DOJ’s bankruptcy watchdog Office of the U.S. Trustee. Twomey was appointed to the position in February 2023 by then-attorney general Merrick Garland.
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President Donald Trump nominated John Squires, former chief intellectual property attorney at Goldman Sachs, to become the new director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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A national real estate brokerage asked a U.S. judge in Missouri to withdraw from hearing a major antitrust lawsuit after disclosures showed plaintiffs’ lawyers in the case previously donated to political campaigns involving the judge’s wife.
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Key members of the U.S. federal judiciary warned of a rising number of threats directed at their colleagues and described calls to impeach judges over their rulings "concerning" as some Republican lawmakers push to remove jurists who have blocked President Trump's policies.
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That’s the percentage of 2025 summer associate job offers extended by law firms outside of formal law school recruiting events, according to the National Association for Law Placement, marking the first time offers resulting from on-campus interview programs were in the minority. Read more about summer associate jobs here.
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"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
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—USAID's acting executive secretary Erica Carr, ordering employees to shred a large volume of records, according to a court filing by government employee unions asking a federal judge to block the move. Carr in an email instructed employees to come to the agency's office for "clearing classified safes and personnel documents," the filing said. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols told both sides to submit a status report to him by this morning, our colleague Brendan Pierson reports.
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U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan is expected to consider Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil's challenge to his arrest by immigration agents as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on some anti-Israel protesters.
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In D.C., U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes will weigh a lawsuit by transgender military service members who are seeking to block a Trump administration policy banning them from service.
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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in D.C. will hear a request for a temporary restraining order by environmental nonprofit Climate United Fund, which sued the EPA and Citibank seeking billions of dollars for solar and other projects frozen by the bank as the Trump administration slashes federal spending.
- Lawyers for Google will ask U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in the Plano, Texas, federal court to bar a jury trial in the state’s antitrust lawsuit accusing the tech giant of abusing its dominance over digital advertising.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- A Boston federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore grants for teacher preparation in eight states that it nixed as part of its efforts to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
- Consumers filed a proposed class action against the Girl Scouts and several of its licensed cookie producers,
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