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

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.

The president’s use of government power to punish firms is seen by some legal experts as undercutting a basic tenet: the right to a strong legal defense.