Two well-known litigation firms are slamming President Donald Trump’s latest move to sanction lawyers.
Trump in a March 22 memo directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue sanctions and disciplinary actions against opposing lawyers who “engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation against the United States.” He instructed the Justice Department to look back eight years for misconduct that could be punished by revoking security clearances and federal contracts for lawyers and their firms.
New York-founded litigation boutique Selendy Gay “rejects the notion that the government can punish lawyers for their choice of clients,” it said in a statement on ...
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