Imagine what the right would be screaming if Biden shook down Jay Sekulow, Alan Dershowitz, Pat Cippoline, etc. for pro bono services.
win for the good guys. so obvious Firm Behind Fox News Lawsuit Lands Big Win in Battle Against Trump A judge handed President Donald Trump a fresh loss by blocking most of his executive order against yet another big law firm he tried to push around. Susman Godfrey, the firm behind a successful $787 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News, was granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan.
This is what I would have expected from any large firm worth its salt instead of caving to authoritarianism: "Perkins Coie is one of a number of firms that Trump has targeted with an executive order for representing anti-Trump clients in the past — in this case, Fusion GPS, which helped finance the so-called Steele Dossier investigating Trump's ties to Russia in 2016. The order directs an investigation of Perkins Coie's hiring practices and prohibits them from representing the federal government in legal affairs or accessing government buildings. The Justice Department, however tried to throw up a technical roadblock to the lawsuit: advising the court that Perkins Coie cannot sue the executive branch in the abstract, and it is their opinion if an injunction is issued in the case, it can only apply to federal agencies and officers who are explicitly named in the complaint. Perkins Coie responded with a huge amendment to their complaint. "In the law firm executive order cases, DOJ says an injunction barring implementation will only be enforceable against the govt agencies named in the complaint," wrote Lawfare's Roger Parloff. "So Perkins Coie just amended its complaint to name all the relevant fed agencies. The case caption is now 40 pages long." 'Play dumb games, win dumb prizes': Law firm hits back at Trump DOJ with creative tactic
