Two U.S. judges backed Jenner & Block and WilmerHale on Friday as the prominent law firms challenged the Republican president in court.

He is, by most accounts, a LeBron James of lawyers – a master who’s handled more Supreme Court cases than just about anyone else in recent history.Now Paul Clement is stepping into a delicate new role: Big Law’s big lawyer.

A U.S. judge temporarily blocked key parts of Donald Trump's executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block on Friday - calling parts of it reprehensible and disturbing - even as another firm, Skadden Arps,

President Donald Trump and Skadden Arps announced a deal on Friday to head off a potential executive order against the Wall Street firm, widening a rift among prominent law firms over their response to White House actions restricting their work.

A prominent international law firm reached a deal with President Donald Trump on Friday to dedicate at least $100 million in free legal services and to review its hiring practices, averting a punishing executive order like the ones directed at nearly a half-dozen other major legal institutions in recent weeks.

Two law firms targeted by President Donald Trump’s executive orders – Jenner & Block and Wilmer Hale – filed lawsuits Friday as the legal industry continues to grapple with the unprecedented attacks from the White House.

The White House singled out WilmerHale as it ramps up its campaign against firms connected to individuals perceived as political enemies by the president.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to strip lawyers at WilmerHale of their security clearances,

The discussions come as President Trump has taken aim at WilmerHale, another big law firm. Other major firms are said to be trying to cut deals with the White House.