DoJ renews fight against law firms that stood up to Trump in abrupt reversal
by Richard Luscombe from US news | The Guardian on (#73ZDX)
Move comes day after department said it would drop fight against law firms that stood up to Trump's executive orders
The US justice department abruptly reversed course on Tuesday and decided it would defend executive orders made by Donald Trump to try to penalize law firms that represented clients or causes the president did not like.
On Monday, the department announced in a court filing that it was dropping its appeal against a ruling by a district court judge that blocked Trump's retaliatory executive actions against four companies that refused to make a deal with him.
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