The White House has now hit several of the largest law firms in the world with directives that strip their attorneys of security clearances and order federal agencies to scrap contracts they hold with the firms’ clients.
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Paul Weiss is the most recent target, but there’s reason to believe it won’t be the last. Bloomberg Law reporter Tatyana Monnay says it’s now clear that “there’s no firm too big to be attacked.”
In an executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie, Trump said he was looking into at last 15 other firms for noncompliance of the law due to DEI initiatives.
On this episode of On The Merits, Monnay and fellow Bloomberg Law reporter Justin Henry talk about what’s happening with the orders and how things are going with Perkins Coie, which fought back against the White House in court. They also discuss why even getting vindication before a judge may not be enough to stave off severe financial damage.
The firm’s case against the White House is Perkins Coie v. U.S. Department of Justice, D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00716, 3/11/25.
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