A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing portions of an executive order designed to punish a prominent law firm linked to Democratic-funded opposi

A D.C. federal judge said she will temporarily halt a Trump executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie, which represented Hillary Clinton.

A federal judge on Wednesday halted parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order that targeted a Democratic-linked law firm.

WASHINGTON—A federal judge blocked most of a White House executive order punishing Perkins Coie, saying the administration had put itself at odds with the First Amendment by targeting the law firm based on President Trump’s dislike of its work for his political opponents.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday targeting Perkins Coie, just a week after a similar memo attacking Covingtonn & Burling. The action appears to be in response to Perkins Coie’s enlisting Fusion GPS,

Law firm Perkins Coie has tapped attorneys at Williams & Connolly to fight President Donald Trump over an executive order threatening its client relationships.

At least a couple large law firms are in the process of gathering signatures for an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, sources say.

U.S. law firm Perkins Coie has hired outside lawyers from Williams & Connolly in response to President Donald Trump's executive order last week punishing the firm over its prior work for Hillary Clinton and its internal policies promoting diversity and inclusion.