April 04, 2025
A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.
April 02, 2025
Perkins Coie LLP on Wednesday asked a D.C. federal judge to permanently block enforcement of President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional assault" on the firm and the rule of law, filing a summary judgment bid the same day the federal government pushed for the firm's suit to be tossed.
March 28, 2025
Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale convinced federal judges to put holds on executive orders that that targeted them over past legal work and their diversity, equity and inclusion practices, while Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP struck a deal with the Trump administration. Here, Law360 provides a rundown of notable DEI-related legal developments from the past week.
March 26, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday shot down a demand from the U.S. Department of Justice that she step aside from Perkins Coie LLP's lawsuit against the federal government over President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm.
March 21, 2025
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Justice Department issued joint guidance on spotting potentially unlawful diversity, equity and inclusion practices, the EEOC's acting chair demanded DEI information from 20 law firms, and President Donald Trump said he'd rescind an executive order that targeted Paul Weiss. Here's a rundown of the past week's DEI-related legal developments.
March 21, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice moved Friday to disqualify the D.C. federal judge presiding over Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm for its diversity-focused hiring efforts and its political representation.
March 19, 2025
A Washington, D.C., federal judge Wednesday directed the Trump administration to tell all federal agencies to rescind requests for disclosures about government and contractor relationships with Perkins Coie LLP, following an order last week blocking enforcement of the president's executive order against the Seattle-based law firm.
March 15, 2025
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP became the third law firm to have workers' security clearances suspended by President Donald Trump, who signed the executive order Friday, citing the firm's DEI hiring practices and the decision by a former attorney there to assist the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of Trump.
March 14, 2025
The Fourth Circuit unblocked executive orders issued by President Donald Trump that seek to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion programs, while Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP became the latest firm singled out by Trump over its legal work and diversity measures. Here, Law360 catches you up on DEI-related developments from the past week.
March 13, 2025
As it fights the Trump administration over an executive order targeting the firm, Perkins Coie LLP has turned to a small army of attorneys with the Washington, D.C., litigation firm Williams & Connolly LLP.