AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT et al

  1. November 04, 2026

    DOJ Says Epshteyn Will Answer ABA Service Motion

    Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn will answer for himself why he has allegedly been evading subpoenas in the American Bar Association's legal challenge to the administration's law firm targeting campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

  2. November 03, 2026

    DOJ Says Trump Adviser Needn't Answer ABA Subpoenas Yet

    The U.S. Department of Justice is arguing that Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn shouldn't have to respond to subpoenas from the American Bar Association in its challenge to the Trump administration's campaign against law firms until the presiding judge rules on the administration's preexisting motion to quash them.

  3. October 23, 2026

    Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

    Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

  4. October 19, 2026

    Court Denies Gov't Bid To DQ Susman Godfrey In ABA's Suit

    A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's executive orders against multiple major law firms. 

  5. August 18, 2026

    White House Aims To Shield Advisers Behind Law Firm EOs

    The Trump administration and Justice Department "strongly object" to an Aug. 3 discovery order requiring them to name individuals involved in drafting and approving executive orders targeting law firms, amid their repeated refusal to hand over certain communications in a suit brought by the American Bar Association.

  6. August 03, 2026

    DOJ Renews Bid To Oust Susman From ABA Trump EO Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice renewed its call for a D.C. federal judge to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its challenge to the Trump administration's law firm executive orders, saying Susman Godfrey's attorneys could potentially have to serve as fact witnesses in the case.

  7. July 27, 2026

    ABA Says Feds' Susman Godfrey DQ Bid Is More Intimidation

    The American Bar Association on Monday urged the D.C. federal judge overseeing its lawsuit challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms to reject the Trump administration's bid to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, calling it the latest "effort to intimidate" the American legal profession.

  8. July 23, 2026

    ABA Rips DOJ's 'Absurd' Firm Subpoenas In Documents Fight

    The American Bar Association has blasted as "absurd" the government's move to subpoena law firms as an attempt to avoid a documents request from the organization amid allegations the Trump administration worked to intimidate law firms into conforming with his policy goals through executive orders last year.

  9. July 20, 2026

    Trump Admin Wants Susman Godfrey DQ In ABA's EO Suit

    Over a year into a suit by the American Bar Association challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms, the Trump administration is looking to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, alleging the firm can't act as counsel in a case where it's also a key witness.

  10. July 17, 2026

    DOJ Unveils Law Firm Subpoenas In ABA Docs Bid Fight

    The BigLaw firms that cut deals with the Trump administration last year to skirt punitive executive orders are now grappling with subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking deal-related communications and depositions of the firms' managing partners or chairs, according to Friday court filings.