Daniel Barnes

Washington, D.C.

Washington Law and Lobbying Reporter at POLITICO

Washington Law and Lobbying Reporter at @politico // Former @nbcnews // [email protected] // Signal: danielbarnes.13

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What’s driving small colleges to hire lobbyists for the first time

5 days ago | politico.com | Daniel Barnes

Some small liberal arts colleges are worried about the endowment tax and wary of being lumped in with schools like Columbia University as Donald Trump attacks higher education. Washington and Lee University in Virginia has hired an outside lobbyist for the first time.
Republicans eye major expansion of college endowment tax

5 days ago | politico.com | Daniel Barnes |Benjamin Guggenheim |Meredith Lee Hill
Judge strikes down Trump executive order punishing prominent law firm

1 week ago | politico.com | Daniel Barnes

The judge said Trump’s executive order sanctioning Perkins Coie was “motivated by retaliation” and is unconstitutional.
Judge strikes down Trump executive order punishing prominent law firm

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Barnes

President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to punish the law firm Perkins Coie for working with Hillary Clinton and other Democrats is unconstitutional, “motivated by retaliation” and cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled late Friday. The ruling marks the biggest setback so far for Trump’s campaign against law firms that have represented his political enemies — though key provisions of the orders have been blocked as four firms challenged them in court.
Abbe Lowell launches his own law firm

1 week ago | politico.com | Daniel Barnes

Hunter Biden’s former lawyer is teaming up with attorneys who have quit major law firms over Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal industry. Attorney Abbe Lowell arrives at federal court, June 6, 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. | Matt Rourke/AP Prominent defense lawyer Abbe Lowell has officially launched Lowell & Associates, his own boutique law firm with an initial client roster that includes several opponents of President Donald Trump.
The boutique law firm going all in for Trump

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Daniel Barnes

“They are really engineering cases that are moving our jurisprudence forward,” said Dan Epstein, vice president of America First Legal, the Trump-aligned group founded by Stephen Miller which partnered with the firm on several lawsuits.
Former top government lawyers are jumping into the Big Law fight against Trump

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Daniel Barnes

Some of the nation’s former solicitors general are working to defend law firms targeted by the Trump administration. Donald Trump has targeted law firms with executive orders. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Solicitors general from past administrations are emerging as some of the most prominent opponents of President Donald Trump’s actions targeting the legal profession.
Law students say they want to work for the firms standing up to Trump

1 month ago | politico.com | Daniel Barnes

President Donald Trump’s attacks on major law firms have divided the legal community all the way down to its newest members: law students considering their futures. As summer approaches, law firms are heating up their campus recruiting efforts among the nation’s first-year law students, looking to hire for future summer associate positions that can lead to full-time offers with starting salaries greater than $200,000 after graduation.
Judges partially block two executive orders targeting major law firms

1 month ago | politico.com | Daniel Barnes

Two federal judges partially blocked Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale. President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on March 28. | Mark Schiefelbein/AP Federal judges have partially blocked President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting two major law firms, saying the firms are likely to succeed on their claims that the orders violate the first amendment.
Judges partially block two executive orders targeting major law firms

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Barnes

Federal judges have partially blocked President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting two major law firms, saying the firms are likely to succeed on their claims that the orders violate the first amendment. Senior U.S. District Judges John Bates and Richard Leon, both appointees of President George W. Bush, issued their rulings in favor of law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale after back-to-back Friday hearings at the federal courthouse in Washington.