
Daniel Barnes
Washington Law and Lobbying Reporter at POLITICO
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1 week 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.
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1 week 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.
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3 weeks 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.
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3 weeks 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.
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3 weeks ago |
politico.com | Daniel Barnes
Skadden Arps, one of the largest law firms in the world, reached an agreement with Trump despite not being targeted by the White House like other firms.
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