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September 10, 2012 | National Law Journal

In voter ID case, how big is the letter of the law?

In court papers, font size matters — the smaller the font, the more information an attorney can jam into a document. In South Carolina's closely watched dispute with the Justice Department over voter identification, lawyers on both sides are duking it out over a single point size.
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October 17, 2011 | National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE

Davis v. dictatorship over fees; Issa furious, wants truth fast; no more FREE rides; Hamann says yes again to Naaman deal; Machen on legal dramas; in(and out)carceration; and Roberts' waiving school in this week's column.
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December 10, 2012 | National Law Journal

High court to hear two same-sex marriage cases

Opening the door to a potentially historic step in the nation's gay rights movement, the U.S. Supreme Court on December 7 agreed to decide two constitutional challenges involving same-sex marriage.
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December 19, 2012 | National Law Journal

DOJ official says UBS deal 'very robust, very real'

Top U.S. Justice Department lawyers defended the non-prosecution agreement with UBS AG and the guilty plea of a Japanese subsidiary, calling the $1.5 billion global deal with the bank a "very robust, very real and very appropriate resolution."
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October 29, 2012 | National Law Journal

Romney would shift priorities at Justice

When Mitt Romney addressed the NAACP at the group's annual convention this summer, he spoke about unemployment in the black community, the need for strong families and the power of free enterprise. But he didn't touch the protection of voting rights.
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February 06, 2013 | National Law Journal

Royal Bank of Scotland to pay $612M in ongoing rate-rigging scandal

The Royal Bank of Scotland is the latest megabank to be implicated in the ongoing interest rate-rigging scandal, agreeing on February 6 to pay fines totaling $612 million.
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April 03, 2009 | National Law Journal

DOJ charges first UBS client in tax case

Almost a month after UBS executives faced a congressional grilling over the bank's alleged attempts to circumvent U.S. tax laws, the Justice Department has brought charges against a client of the Swiss banking giant. The Zurich-based bank still faces an IRS suit.
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February 05, 2013 | National Law Journal

ACLU presses targeted killing suit in Washington court

Civil liberties lawyers are urging a federal trial judge in Washington to keep alive a lawsuit that alleges the government unlawfully killed three U.S. citizens in drone strikes in Yemen.
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April 18, 2013 | National Law Journal

AG Holder Defends DOJ Budget on Hill

Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. defended the U.S. Justice Department budget on Capitol Hill on Thursday, while expressing anger that the U.S. Senate blocked gun control legislation yesterday and vowing to keep pushing the White House's proposed gun control measures.
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May 08, 2007 | National Law Journal

DOJ won't oppose immunity for Goodling in probe of U.S. Attorneys' firings

The Justice Department won't try to prevent Congress from granting immunity to a former department official to testify about the firing of federal prosecutors. The decision all but guarantees that former White House liaison Monica Goodling will be ordered to tell Congress whether she or other DOJ officials played politics when hiring and firing prosecutors. Once the deal is approved, Goodling would face a contempt order if she refused to testify. Her lawyer said Monday she would testify under such a deal.
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