Perkins Coie is suing the Trump administration over an executive order that sanctioned the law firm for its ties to Democratic politics.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in DC federal court, claims the White House broke the law with its directive to agencies to strip lawyers of security credentials, terminate federal contracts with the firm’s clients and bar Perkins Coie employees from entering government buildings or getting jobs at agencies. The firm is being represented by Williams & Connolly partner Dane Butswinkas.
“The order is an affront to the Constitution and our adversarial system of justice,” Perkins Coie said ...