Perkins Coie risks losing clients over President Donald Trump’s latest executive order requiring companies to disclose their ties to the law firm. The executive order also authorizes federal agencies to terminate their contracts with the firm.
Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham Law, commented on whether Perkins Coie has a strong case against the directive in this Bloomberg Law article.
Perkins Coie will have a strong case against the “arbitrary and capricious” directive, said Bruce Green, a legal ethics professor at Fordham Law School.
“This violates those parties’ right to legal assistance from lawyers of their choosing as well as to a fair opportunity to contract with the government,” Green said. The order also violates the firm’s due process rights, according to Green.
Read “Trump Law Firm Attacks Add Pain, Even on Shaky Legal Ground (1)” in Bloomberg Law.