At least four Big Law firms have negotiated agreements with the Trump administration to avert executive orders restricting their ability to conduct business, but one critical issue lingers—whether […]
Expect More Legal Heat for Trump’s Latest Round of Tariffs, Experts Say
President Donald Trump flexed his office’s national security powers to impose across-the-board duties on virtually all goods entering the U.S. But after relative silence over his last tariffs, […]
Trump’s Anti-Birthright Policy Would Leave Babies ‘In The Shadow,’ Groups Tell High Court
A group of Democratic states, pregnant women and immigration advocacy organizations on Friday ripped into the Department of Justice’s request to have the U.S. Supreme Court reinstate President […]
Senate Confirms Sauer, Trump’s Former Criminal Defense Lawyer, as Solicitor General
President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer D. John Sauer won Senate confirmation by a party-line vote Thursday to become the next U.S. solicitor general, where he will […]
Eyeing Career Choices, Law Students Are Evaluating How Firms Respond to Trump’s Pressure
All eyes are on the largest law firms in America as a growing number stare down threats from the Trump administration, either preparing to litigate against the government […]
DC Circuit Upholds Temporary Block on Trump’s Alien Enemies Act Deportations
A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday upheld a judge’s order temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies […]
Cases Surge Over Law Firms’ Collection Practices, Trump’s Grant Freeze and Delta Plane Crash
Welcome to the Trend Detection Weekly Scan from Law.com Radar. This weekly article highlights shifts and patterns in case filings that are surfaced by Law.com Radar’s award-winning Trend […]
Trump’s Push to Close DOE Sparks Shifting Oversight, Funding Threats, Attorneys Say
Legal experts expected President Donald Trump to follow through with his campaign promise to dismantle the Department of Education, but few anticipated the confusion and uncertainty it would […]
To Avoid Trump’s Target, Law Firms Scrutinize Practices Amid Investigation Threats
There is no playbook for dodging the types of presidential actions that hit Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie recently. Instead, law firms are writing their strategies from […]
Lawyers Clamor for Action, but Firm Leaders Slow to Denounce Trump’s Assault on Perkins Coie
Big Law associates are talking about the Trump administration’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie on message boards. In-house counsel and Perkins Coie alumni are authoring LinkedIn posts declaring […]