Trump Drops His Continued Attack On Law Firms
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This marks the full defeat of one of Trump’s earliest autocratic moves to consolidate power over civil society.
The Department of Justice is dropping its appeals of cases that struck down President Donald Trump’s executive orders punishing law firms, per multiple reports, officially marking a defeat of the president’s vindictive campaign to cow law firms into obedience.
Trump’s executive orders, intended to undermine the ability of major law firms to challenge his administration, were some of the earliest actions he took upon retaking office in 2025. The orders targeting the firms claimed they employed lawyers who worked on prosecutions and investigations that targeted Trump and operated “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, and aimed to curtail the ability of the firms to operate and attract clients. They were all harshly rebuffed by district court judges. Now, the administration will drop its appeals, according to reports by The Wall Street Journal, CNN and the Financial Times.
The firms and the DOJ did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
This marks the full defeat of one of Trump’s earliest autocratic moves to consolidate power over civil society.
The orders were designed to coerce law firms into making deals with the administration that neutered their capacity to provide legal support for those challenging Trump’s policies. This worked at first for some firms, who struck deals to avoid an order punishing them. But then the four targeted firms — Susman Godrey; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr; Perkins Coie; and Jenner & Block — sued and won, while those that capitulated faced staff exodus and reputational damage.
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