Another law firm, Skadden Arps, reached a deal with the president to avoid a similar directive. Jenner and WilmerHale are both firms that have ties to lawyers who were involved in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation during Trump's first term in office.

WilmerHale and Jenner & Block sued President Donald Trump's administration on Friday over his executive orders targeting the law firms, escalating a clash between the Republican president and a large swath of the legal profession.

Two federal judges temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive orders targeting two major law firms, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, on Friday.  The orders come as the Trump administration

Jenner & Block on Tuesday became the latest Big Law firm to be targeted by the Trump Administration.

President Donald Trump expanded his attacks on major U.S. law firms on Tuesday as he signed an executive order targeting Jenner & Block, which represents clients challenging some of his major policies and formerly employed a prosecutor involved in a special counsel investigation of his 2016 campaign.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday targeting Chicago law firm Jenner & Block. The firm also has an office in Washington, D.C.

A law firm filed suit against the Trump administration seeking to block an executive order signed last week that targeted its attorneys' security clearances.

The order aims to probe Jenner & Block's security clearances, government contracts and access to federal buildings. Last week, a federal judge blocked parts of a similar executive order against another prominent firm.