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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump’s targeting of US’ big law firms has chilling effect on legal industry

    President Trump continued his assault on the country’s biggest law firms by signing an executive order targeting Chicago-based Jenner & Block.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 26, 2025 • 1 min read

    President Trump continued his assault on the country’s biggest law firms by signing an executive order targeting Chicago-based Jenner & Block. It revokes security clearances from the firm’s lawyers who require them to do their jobs, and limits attorneys’ access to federal buildings.

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Big law firms under attack by Trump, giant-clawed dino is found
    1. 0:00She represented kids in immigration court. Feds cut off her funding
    2. 11:58Trump’s targeting of US’ big law firms has chilling effect on legal industryYou’re reading this
    3. 22:25‘America’s first Black superhero’ is revived to record hip-hop album: New novel
    4. 39:31Newly found dino’s claws were like ‘oversized barbecue tongs’
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