# 2025-03989: Perkins Coie in the Crosshairs: White House Bans Firm Over Misdeeds

2025-03989, Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-03-11, effective 2025-03-06 (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-03989
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-03989
- Title: Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 11781
- Published: 2025-03-11
- Effective: 2025-03-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Perkins Coie in the Crosshairs: White House Bans Firm Over Misdeeds

## Summary

The government is taking strong action against Perkins Coie LLP for dishonest election interference and unfair racial discrimination in hiring. This order stops Perkins Coie from receiving federal benefits and demands they clean up their act fast. Anyone working with or funding Perkins Coie should expect changes soon, with serious money and legal consequences on the horizon.

## Effects PRIA read

- Security Clearances Suspended for Perkins Coie Staff: cost, high. The Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and other agency heads must immediately take steps to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Perkins Coie, pending a review of whether those clearances are consistent with the national interest.
- Government Goods, Services, and Facilities Cut Off: cost, high. The Office of Management and Budget must identify Government goods, property, material, and services (including Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities) provided for the benefit of Perkins Coie, and agency heads shall, to the extent permitted by law, expeditiously cease providing such materi…
- Contract Disclosure and Possible Termination: cost, medium. Government contracting agencies shall, to the extent permissible by law, require contractors to disclose any business they do with Perkins Coie and whether that business relates to the Government contract. Heads of agencies must review contracts with Perkins Coie or entities that do business with P…
- EEOC and DOJ Review of Law Firm Hiring Practices: benefit, medium. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will review practices of large, influential, or industry-leading law firms for compliance with Title VII (including reserving positions by race, discriminatory promotions, client access, and access to events/training), and the Attorney General, with EEOC…
- Limits on Federal Interaction and Hiring of Perkins Coie Employees: cost, medium. Agency heads shall, to the extent permitted by law, limit official access from Federal Government buildings to Perkins Coie employees when such access would threaten national security, limit Government employees from engaging with Perkins Coie employees in their official capacity, and agency offici…

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## Sources
- [2025-03989 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/11/2025-03989/addressing-risks-from-perkins-coie-llp)
- [2025-03989 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-11/pdf/2025-03989.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-03989 (as of 2026-11-03).