Bloomberg Law
Anthropic PBC turned to lawyers from a firm also targeted by the Trump administration to sue the Defense Department over its decision to blacklist the artificial intelligence giant.
The company, represented by lawyers from WilmerHale, accused the department of retaliating against Anthropic after it tried to limit how its AI tools are used on battlefields and for surveillance.
“Anthropic turns to the judiciary as a last resort to vindicate its rights and halt the Executive’s unlawful campaign of retaliation,” the company said in the complaint.
WilmerHale was among the law firms that President Donald Trump hit with executive orders last year. The lawyers representing Anthropic cited federal court rulings striking down orders punishing other law firms last year in support of the company’s claims that the administration is violating its constitutional rights.
The WilmerHale team representing Anthropic includes Kelly Dunbar, who leads the firm’s administrative law group. Michael Mongan, the former solicitor general of California who joined the firm’s San Francisco office in October, is also on the case.
