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C. Ryan Barber, based in Washington, covers government affairs and regulatory compliance. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @cryanbarber
January 25, 2021 | National Law Journal
Emily Loeb, who earlier co-founded the Protect Democracy group during the Trump era, is among a handful of lawyers with Jenner ties who have joined the Biden-Harris administration.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 24, 2021 | National Law Journal
Jeffrey Clark, then acting head of the DOJ civil division and a former Kirkland & Ellis partner, denied he participated in any effort to remove Jeffrey Rosen, then the acting U.S. attorney general. "All my official communications were consistent with the law," Clark said, according to a New York Times report.
By Mike Scarcella | C. Ryan Barber
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January 21, 2021 | National Law Journal
McQuaid, named acting leader of the U.S. Justice Department's criminal division, earlier spent more than five years as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York before joining the Obama White House in 2013.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 20, 2021 | National Law Journal
Litigation over DOJ office of legal counsel memos is rare. At issue for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit was an opinion the Justice Department's office of legal counsel issued in 2018 about the scope of the Wire Act.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 20, 2021 | National Law Journal
Alan Dershowitz, a lawyer for David Tamman during his criminal appeal, failed to convince the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to scrap the prison sentence. Tamman was released from custody in 2019.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 19, 2021 | National Law Journal
Elizabeth Prelogar, who served as an adviser on the Mueller team, is expected to step into her new Justice Department role Wednesday, according to sources close to the Biden transition team. She will serve as acting solicitor general until a new solicitor general is appointed and confirmed by the Senate.
By Marcia Coyle | C. Ryan Barber
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January 14, 2021 | National Law Journal
"The court does not countenance any individual's decision to short-circuit prepublication review and publicly disseminate potentially classified information. But nor does it wish to free the government from all consequences for potential misconduct," U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth wrote Thursday.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 13, 2021 | National Law Journal
Lawyers from the litigation boutique Consovoy McCarthy represent whistleblower lawyer and named plaintiff Jordan Thomas of Labaton Sucharow "Now, in the middle of the proverbial football game, the Commission has moved the goal posts on literally hundreds of SEC whistleblowers," the complaint said.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 12, 2021 | National Law Journal
"Given the enormity of the actors we saw, both inside and outside the Capitol, the range of criminal conduct is really … unmatched in any type of scenario that we've seen, the FBI or DOJ," acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin said.
By C. Ryan Barber | Jacqueline Thomsen
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January 11, 2021 | National Law Journal
"I am excited to join Facebook at this moment when there is a national and global awakening happening around civil rights," Austin, who will be based in Washington, said in a statement.
By C. Ryan Barber
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