A second New Jersey attorney is facing federal criminal charges in connection with an claimed conspiracy by high-profile criminal defense lawyer Paul Bergin.
In the latest potential prosecutorial embarrassment for the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal judge in California is threatening to sanction the government in a case brought over claimed warrantless…
A federal judge in South Carolina has granted an injunction sought by Craigslist Inc. in a declaratory judgment action against the state’s attorney general.
In a rare public speech today, a high-profile Illinois prosecutor didn’t address a number of hot topics, such as the ongoing prosecution of impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
California prosecutors fear the governor will borrow from a special half-cent property sales tax that helps fund their operations to make up a budget deficit that didn’t get any help…
Intentionally scraping a “metal object” along the passenger side of a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant’s BMW, in addition to claimed client neglect, could result in a one-year suspension for a…
A special prosecutor who is investigating accusations related to the claimed political firings of at least nine U.S. Attorneys during the Bush administration is scheduled to question former senior White…
Upholding a Florida judge’s disqualification of the entire Broward State Attorney’s Office from trying a murder case after two prosecutors listened to the defendant’s jailhouse phone calls to his lawyer,…
In the latest blow to federal prosecutors trying a high-profile criminal case, a jury in Missoula, Mont., has acquitted chemical products company W.R. Grace & Co. and three former executives…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may soon be using more discretion in civil investigations, focusing on the big fish rather than the small fry.
A former senior lawyer at the U.S. Department of Justice read with interest news that three Office of Legal Counsel attorneys in a high-profile ethical investigation were offered a routine…
As the U.S. Department of Justice gets ready to release a legal ethics report on two government attorneys involved in the drafting of what some term “torture” memos authorizing the…
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