Perkins Coie, law firm targeted by Trump, wins temporary restraining order [View all]
Source: USA Today
Published 4:47 p.m. ET Mar. 12, 2025
A federal judge on Wednesday said she will temporarily halt President Donald Trump's new restrictions on law firm Perkins Coie, which represented Hillary Clinton during her failed 2016 bid for the presidency.
In a March 6 executive order, Trump directed federal agencies to terminate contracts with Perkins Coie "to the extent permitted by law," to limit the firm's approximately 1,200 lawyers' access to federal buildings and federal employees, and to halt security clearances for employees at the firm.
By explanation, the order claimed the law firm hired Fusion GPS to compile of dossier of information critical of Trump while it was representing Clinton, and that it discriminates on the basis of race in hiring decisions. Judge Beryl Howell said at a hearing Wednesday that she would issue a temporary restraining order to block Trump's order while the firm's lawsuit challenging it plays out.
In its lawsuit, the firm accused Trump of seeking to destroy it based on "a tiny sliver" of its work. "The Order is not just an attempt to constrain or weaken Perkins Coie; its objective is to destroy the Firm," the firm said in a filing. "Unless restrained, the Order realistically might succeed in that objective within days based on the weight of the federal pressure being deployed against the Firm’s clients."
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/12/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order-hearing/82310068007/
Link to original FILING (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25559516-perkins-coie-memo-supporting-tro-request/
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But here is Judge Howell's "minute order" granting the TRO - https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725919/perkins-coie-llp-v-us-department-of-justice/
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Beryl A. Howell: Motion Hearing held on 3/12/2025 in re 2 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. The Court Heard Oral Arguments From The Parties. For The Reasons Stated On The Record, The Court Will Grant 2 Motion For Temporary Restraining Order. Parties Proposed Briefing Schedule Due No Later Than 4:00PM on 3/13/2025. (Court Reporter ELIZABETH DAVILA.) (mac)
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