SpikedLemonade
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Judges block Trump executive orders targeting law firms tied to Mueller probe
Two federal judges in separate rulings late Friday froze parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, both firms linked to the Robert Mueller investigation Trump has sought to punish.
There have now been direct and separate rebukes by three judges of the Trump administration’s retaliatory policies toward law firms. All three judges have said core constitutional protections are likely violated by the orders – for people and companies to choose their own attorneys and for firms to be shielded from political retribution because of their speech.
The temporary restraining order in the Jenner & Block case, announced by Judge John Bates at the end of a hastily scheduled Friday hearing, pauses parts of the order instructing agencies to terminate contracts with the firm and its clients, as well as the order’s directives seeking to limit the firm’s access to federal officials and buildings....
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/politics/law-firms-fighting-trump-executive-order/index.html
I spent the majority of my career in the boardrooms of sizeable law, CPA/CA and other professional services firms up here in Canada.
I can just imagine the disgusting heated "debates" on whether to do the right thing or what is best for business.
