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C. Ryan Barber, based in Washington, covers government affairs and regulatory compliance. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @cryanbarber
March 30, 2020 | Litigation Daily
"The judge's review of the Mueller report marks one of the most significant 'in camera' reviews in the history of the Freedom of Information Act," the advocacy group Electronic Protection Information Center, a plaintiff in the case, said.
By C. Ryan Barber
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March 27, 2020 | Litigation Daily
"The potential number of companies or recipients is vast, to put it mildly, which makes certain things more important and certain things very different," Jenner' & Block's Neil Barofsky, former special inspector general under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, says. "It's going to be extraordinarily important what processes and procedures surround the determination of who gets money and who doesn't."
By C. Ryan Barber
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March 25, 2020 | Litigation Daily
The heightened risk of corruption has come as the novel coronavirus has upended everyday life and complicated the work of compliance teams tasked with heading off overseas bribery and other corporate misdeeds.
By C. Ryan Barber
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March 18, 2020 | Litigation Daily
"It comes down to you have to pound, and pound and pound away. And you look for a weakness, and as soon as you find that weakness, you exploit it and pound away at it," Reed Smith's Eric Dubelier says in a wide-ranging interview, after DOJ abandoned charges against his client Concord Management and Consulting.
By C. Ryan Barber
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March 13, 2020 | Litigation Daily
In a new court filing Friday, the DOJ corrected an assertion, made earlier in the week, that DOJ attorneys had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. "We are aware of persons in our office in Washington, D.C., who have exhibited symptoms consistent with COVID-19 and have sought medical attention," the government said in the new filing.
By C. Ryan Barber
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March 6, 2020 | Litigation Daily
"The decision whether to bring an action on behalf of the United States is committed to the executive branch's 'absolute discretion,'" U.S. Justice Department lawyers told the Supreme Court this week.
By C. Ryan Barber
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March 5, 2020 | Litigation Daily
"The actions of Attorney General Barr and his representations about the Mueller Report preclude the court's acceptance of the validity of the Department's redactions without its independent verification," U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said Thursday in a public-records lawsuit.
By C. Ryan Barber
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March 2, 2020 | Litigation Daily
The Michael Flynn saga in Washington has opened a window into Covington & Burling's advocacy for the former Trump national security adviser, who is now trying to withdraw his guilty plea. Covington, meanwhile, says "bar rules limit our ability to respond publicly even to allegations of this nature, absent the client's consent or a court order."
By C. Ryan Barber
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February 28, 2020 | Litigation Daily
As trial approaches in a legacy Mueller case, prosecutors and Reed Smith defense lawyers are feuding over subpoenas—and a Washington federal judge on Monday will hear arguments over whether to hold the law firm's client in civil contempt.
By C. Ryan Barber
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February 14, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Newly released court transcripts, posted on Friday, further revealed a Washington judge's frustration with the pace of the McCabe investigation, the secrecy surrounding it and the apparent pressure Trump was putting on the Justice Department to bring charges.
By C. Ryan Barber
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