The Trump administration has dropped its legal challenges against four prominent law firms—Perkins Coie, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey—which had been accused of employing lawyers who investigated or opposed President Trump. These suits, seen as an attempt at retribution, sought to bar the firms from accessing federal government resources and meetings. Federal judges in Washington, D.C., had previously ruled against the administration's executive orders targeting these firms. The Justice Department notified the appeals court on Monday night that it wished to have the cases dismissed, following the firms' successful defense of their clients' right to counsel and the rule of law. This decision comes after the administration's appeals were stalled at the U.S. D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.