On Monday night, however, the Trump administration retreated in full, telling the DC US Circuit Court of Appeals it agreed to drop the cases. That’s still true 24 hours later.”On Monday night, all four law firms issued lengthy statements celebrating their wins. Yet other national law firms under threat of similar Trump executive orders cut deals with the administration to stave off punishing executive orders. Zaid won a case at the lower court in DC challenging a Trump executive action targeting him, but the Justice Department appealed. Zaid, noting the Justice Department dropping the cases against the four larger law firms, said on Monday, “My role is no different.

Source: CNN March 03, 2026 19:21 UTC