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White-collar attorneys see acute changes under Trump administration

Amid a flurry of shifts and shakeups in the U.S. Department of Justice, uncertainty shrouds the future of white-collar enforcement. “This administration is sea changes,” says one expert. “So, all the ways someone who may not be involved in white-collar crime thinks an election may matter, they matter in spades right now.”

Apr 23, 2025 12:45 PM CDT

3 Eric Adams prosecutors won’t confess ‘wrongdoing when there was none,’ their resignation letter says

Three federal prosecutors who worked on the dropped corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams have submitted their emailed resignation letter, saying they won’t accept a requirement to “express regret and admit some wrongdoing” by their office when it refused to dismiss the case.

Apr 23, 2025 11:12 AM CDT

What can Luigi Mangione’s trial tell us about unbiased juries?

At a time when 58% of Americans have reported issues with health insurance in the past year, attorneys say finding an unbiased jury for Luigi Mangione, who’s accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, will be nearly impossible without many hurdles.

Apr 22, 2025 9:54 AM CDT

Former DOJ lawyer faces disbarment for entanglement in ‘one of the largest kleptocracy schemes in history’

A lawyer who worked for the U.S. Department of Justice is facing disbarment after pleading guilty for his role in an illegal foreign influence scheme that allegedly stemmed from his friendship and legal work for hip-hop artist Prakazrel “Pras” Michel.

Apr 17, 2025 3:07 PM CDT

AG Bondi reprimands judge while complying with his order in law firm case

Attorney General Pam Bondi this week complied with a federal judge’s orders in a court case—and made clear she didn’t like doing it.

Apr 10, 2025 9:03 AM CDT

Many lawyers who argue for Trump at Supreme Court are heading for the exit

At least half of the front-line lawyers in the elite Justice Department office that represents the Trump administration at the Supreme Court are preparing to leave or have already announced their departures—an unusually high amount of turnover at a time of intense litigation involving the president’s initiatives.

Apr 9, 2025 1:45 PM CDT

DOJ opposes court-ordered return of immigrant, suspends lawyer who said he shouldn’t have been deported

Updated: The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a federal judge’s order to return an immigrant mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador in Central America—a move that followed the department’s decision to place one of its lawyers on indefinite leave, apparently for his admissions in the case.

Apr 7, 2025 2:23 PM CDT

As DOJ employees fear what comes next, alums form group to help

A career federal litigator who left the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division after President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January founded the Justice Connection, an organization that supports the department’s current and former employees.

Mar 25, 2025 8:48 AM CDT

Trump visits Justice Department for speech that breaks all norms

President Donald Trump delivered an unusual, campaign-style speech at Justice Department headquarters Friday, heavy with grievance and meandering from such topics as Al Capone to allegations of judicial corruption as he defied the distance that has traditionally existed between the White House and the federal law enforcement agency.

Mar 17, 2025 10:50 AM CDT

Top House Judiciary Democrat seeks probe of US attorney Ed Martin

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) is calling for the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., accusing controversial prosecutor Ed Martin of violating the law and repeatedly ignoring legal ethics as he seeks to root out people he perceives as undermining President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Mar 13, 2025 3:20 PM CDT

ABA Legal Ed council suspended diversity standard; AG Bondi wants it scrapped

A move last month by the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to suspend the accreditation standard originally titled “Diversity and Inclusion” doesn’t go far enough, according to a Feb. 28 letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who wants the council to abolish it “immediately” or risk the right to accredit law schools.

Mar 6, 2025 1:32 PM CST

White-collar attorneys see acute changes under Trump administration

3 Eric Adams prosecutors won’t confess ‘wrongdoing when there was none,’ their resignation letter says

What can Luigi Mangione’s trial tell us about unbiased juries?

Former DOJ lawyer faces disbarment for entanglement in ‘one of the largest kleptocracy schemes in history’

AG Bondi reprimands judge while complying with his order in law firm case

Many lawyers who argue for Trump at Supreme Court are heading for the exit

DOJ opposes court-ordered return of immigrant, suspends lawyer who said he shouldn’t have been deported

As DOJ employees fear what comes next, alums form group to help

Trump visits Justice Department for speech that breaks all norms

Top House Judiciary Democrat seeks probe of US attorney Ed Martin

ABA Legal Ed council suspended diversity standard; AG Bondi wants it scrapped

DOJ is hiring for court battles as Trump slashes other agencies

DOJ nominees hedge on whether court orders must always be followed

Job protections for administrative law judges are unconstitutional, DOJ concludes

DOJ files complaint against federal judge for alleged hostility against government lawyer

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