A judge in Washington on Tuesday blocked most of Donald Trump's executive order targeting law firm Susman Godfrey, dealing the Republican U.S. president a new legal setback in its campaign against firms he disfavors.

On March 27, Trump ordered the federal government to stop working with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale)—suspending the law firm’s security clearances, directing federal agencies to terminate contracts they have with the firm, and limiting WilmerHale employees’ access to government buildings.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Jamie Raskin sent scathing letters to five firms that caved before Trump even issued an order targeting them.

In a recent interview, President Donald Trump appeared to brag about using threats, lawsuits, and other methods of coercion against multiple US law firms.

Democrats in Congress are putting the law firms that cut deals with President Donald Trump to give the administration free legal services on notice, reported The New Republic on Thursday: if Trump committed extortion to get those deals,

A U.S. judge grilled a Justice Department lawyer on Wednesday over deals President Donald Trump has reached with nine large law firms as she weighs the constitutionality of an executive order targeting the Perkins Coie law firm.