Here are the lawyers repping Trump-targeted law firms

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As the Trump administration strikes at U.S. law firms with a wave of executive orders, three firms challenging those orders have retained a former Tesla general counsel, a longtime conservative litigator and other top lawyers to represent them. Read more.

Fourteen partners at law firm Williams & Connolly signed a lawsuit filed by Perkins Coie on March 11, the first such case against the Trump White House in its crackdown targeting large firms and their client work. The Williams & Connolly team includes Dane Butswinkas, who was briefly the top lawyer at Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker Tesla. Veteran conservative and U.S. Supreme Court attorney Paul Clement is representing WilmerHale, and Silicon Valley-founded firm Cooley is representing Jenner & Block. 

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The U.S. Supreme Court examined on Tuesday the legality of a 2019 statute passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in attacks abroad as plaintiffs pursue monetary damages for violence years ago in Israel and the West Bank.

Many of the questions posed by the justices seemed to suggest they would rule in favor of the plaintiffs. Some of the questions explored the authority of Congress and the president to empower federal courts to hear civil suits over allegedly wrongful conduct experienced by Americans overseas, and what type of connection defendants must have to the U.S. before they must face such legal proceedings. Read more about the arguments.

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Additional writing by Karen Sloan.

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