(CNN) CNN won round one of its federal lawsuit against President Trump. But it was only round one. And no one knows how many more rounds there will be.

"We want to just simply move forward and let CNN and Jim Acosta gather news and report it," CNN lawyer Ted Boutrous said in an interview on Friday.

He said the law is "very clear in terms of how these things should proceed and what the White House can and can't do."

Boutrous said CNN would welcome a settlement of the lawsuit, now that Judge Timothy J. Kelly has sided with CNN and forced the government to return Acosta's press pass for the time being.

In these situations, Boutrous said, "you look for a resolution that makes the most sense so everyone can get out of court and get back to their work. And that goes for the White House and for the journalists. So we're open to anything."

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