The Justice Department on Monday appealed a federal judge’s order blocking President Trump’s punitive executive order against the law firm Jenner & Block.

The notice of appeal is the Trump administration's second such challenge to Big Law firms' legal victories against orders that sought to undercut their business as retribution for ties to the president's political adversaries. The administration appealed Perkins Coie's win in the courts last month, meaning either could become an appeals court’s first chance to weigh the directives.

Jenner & Block was one of six law firms targeted by Trump. The firm previously employed Andrew Weissmann, a prominent Trump critic and legal pundit who........

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