LilMikeSF<p>Yesterday a <a href="https://c.im/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> judge barred parts of an insane illegal heavy handed and chilling childlike <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> targeting exclusively employees and clients of a large influential <a href="https://c.im/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/beltway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beltway</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lawfirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfirm</span></a> he doesn't like.</p><p>Known as <a href="https://c.im/tags/PerkinsCoie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerkinsCoie</span></a> , the 100+ yr old firm <br>started in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> and has long represented that region's top tech clients including <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> & <a href="https://c.im/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> etc, as well as many other <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fortune500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fortune500</span></a> names . </p><p>The <a href="https://c.im/tags/RWNJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RWNJ</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HoiPolloi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoiPolloi</span></a> anger at the firm has to do with the fact <a href="https://c.im/tags/PerkinsCoie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerkinsCoie</span></a> attorneys helped commission the embarrassing and disputed <a href="https://c.im/tags/SteeleDossier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteeleDossier</span></a> that included allegations against a failed NJ casino operator turned political candidate.who became President TWICE! </p><p>The far reaching petty <a href="https://c.im/tags/policestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policestate</span></a> and draconian <a href="https://c.im/tags/Drumpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drumpf</span></a> overreach would've made it virtually impossible for <a href="https://c.im/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> or any of the 1000+ <a href="https://c.im/tags/attorneys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attorneys</span></a> at the firm to do biz in <a href="https://c.im/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> . The order barred firm partners from even speaking to <a href="https://c.im/tags/federalemployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalemployees</span></a>, or to physically enter any govt <a href="https://c.im/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> including <a href="https://c.im/tags/courtrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courtrooms</span></a> etc. </p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/perkins-coie-executive-order-restraining-order" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/12/perkins-c</span><span class="invisible">oie-executive-order-restraining-order</span></a></p>