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The Morning Wrap
Updated 11:33 a.m. BP Charges Tossed: Washington white collar defense attorney Reid Weingarten calls it a huge victory: U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt has thrown out the key obstruction of Congress charge against a former BP executive, The Associated Press... Continue reading
Posted 5 hours ago at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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In Leak Case, DOJ Considered Reporter 'Co-Conspirator'
Updated 7:34 p.m. With the U.S. Department of Justice under fire for secretly obtaining Associated Press phone records, a newly unsealed court document in Washington revealed that federal prosecutors seized far more than phone records in one pending leak case.... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Former U.S. Attorney To Face Ethics Review
The U.S. Department of Justice's legal ethics division will look at whether a former U.S. attorney violated department rules when he disclosed information to a news reporter, an inspector general report released Monday states. Dennis Burke, who was the U.S.... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Labor Secretary Nomination Moves to Full Senate
Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez's bid to be the next Labor secretary might have passed the first hurdle in the Senate, but Republicans are still strongly opposed to the nomination. The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Federal Courts Ask for Emergency Funding
Updated 1:21 p.m. Federal courts officials have asked Congress for emergency funding, saying the judiciary does not have the budget flexibility to absorb the large mandatory budget cuts that have caused furloughs in the nation's federal public defender and court... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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AG Holder ‘Confident’ DOJ Followed Rules in AP Phone Review
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. revealed Tuesday he was not involved with a controversial decision to subpoena Associated Press phone records as part of an investigation into a leak of classified information. Holder, addressing reporters at a press conference about... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Brothers in Cabinet: Commerce Department General Counsel Cameron Kerry may be one half of a historical duo when he becomes acting secretary of commerce at the end of this month, The Washington Post reports. Along with his brother Secretary of... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Energy Department Counsel Nominated for Federal Bench
Department of Energy general counsel Gregory Woods has been nominated to be a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the White House announced today. Woods, a former partner at Debevoise & Plimpton's corporate... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Labor Secretary Nominee's Vote Delayed in Senate
A vote on Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez's nomination for Labor secretary was delayed again Wednesday, hours after Senate Republicans hinted that they will try to block him from being confirmed. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Republicans Attack DOJ Deal in Whistleblower Case, Again
Posted May 7, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Held Captive: Three women missing for years escaped from a house Monday in the same Cleveland neighborhood where they were held captive, and police arrested a man in connection with their disappearance, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The man who... Continue reading
Posted May 7, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Alabama Lawyer to Take Helm of NRA
With Washington lawmakers still debating gun control measures, the politically powerful National Rifle Association elected as its next president an Alabama lawyer who last year called Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. "rabidly un-American." James "Jim" Porter II, a special assistant... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Strange Twist: Attorney Derege Demissie has built a practice representing marathon runners. Now the Ethiopian immigrant has taken up another job—as counsel to a man who allegedly aided Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, The National Law Journal reports. Gun... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Obama Vows Closure of Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
President Barack Obama said he will again press to close the U.S. detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, calling it "not something that's in the best interest of the American people." "I'm going to go back at this," Obama said at... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Given Probation: U.S. District Judge Kenneth Ryskamp scolded a Justice Department trial attorney for the government "not using a little more discretion" in prosecuting a 79-year-old widow, telling the defendant to appeal to the President for a pardon, Bloomberg reports.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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DOJ Watching for Boston Bombing Retaliation
The U.S. Department of Justice is focusing not only on the prosecution of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, but also protecting Muslims and other cultural groups from retaliation in the wake of such attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Lawyers, Judge Share Close Ties in Jesse Jackson Jr. Case
Former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s embezzlement case is proving just how small Washington's legal world can be. The first judge randomly assigned to the case in Washington's federal trial court has now recused himself. Today in court, the second... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Congress Urged to End Legal ‘Chaos’ Around GPS Warrants
Privacy experts and attorneys urged Congress to update laws governing protections for wireless customers' location data in criminal investigations Thursday, testifying on Capitol Hill that there is confusion among federal courts and other practical difficulties. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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DOJ: No Employee Furloughs Through September
The U.S. Department of Justice will not need to furlough employees this fiscal year after all, thanks to some moves from Congress and cost-cutting measures, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced to the agency late Wednesday. The budget actions the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Labor Secretary Vote Delayed After Republicans Demand Time
A Senate committee today delayed a vote on Tom Perez's nomination as Labor Department secretary after Republicans asked for more time to get information about his work at the U.S. Department of Justice. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Circuit Judge Gets Quick Confirmation
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Lawyers Monitoring Cybersecurity Bill
Congress is once again pushing forward on a controversial bill to bolster the nation’s cybersecurity, which could end up changing how law firms and their clients respond to online threats. The House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Boston Bombing: Now that criminal charges are filed in the Boston Marathon bombing case, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. will decide whether to press for the death penalty in the case, The National Law Journal reports. Too Slow: U.S. District... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Study Finds Shared Blame for Judicial Vacancies
At almost every Senate judicial confirmation vote, both political parties unleash a flurry of statistics about the high number of vacancies on the federal court benches. Democrats use the numbers to paint Republican senators as obstructionists. Republicans use numbers to... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Perez Challenged at Confirmation Hearing
Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez might be nominated to lead the Department of Labor, but the inner workings of Department of Justice took center stage at his confirmation hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. Perez tangled with several Republicans on the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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