Law firms back Perkins Coie lawsuit against punitive Trump order

By Mike Scarcella and Sara Merken WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 500 law firms have signed a court brief denouncing Donald Trump’s targeting of Perkins Coie and other firms, expressing alarm over the Republican president’s intensifying crackdown on the legal profession. Among the law firms signing the brief filed on Friday to Washington-based U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell were Arnold &