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by Main Justice staff | February 6th, 2012

The bribery retrial against a casino owner and several others begins today in Alabama.

by Elizabeth Murphy | February 6th, 2012

Luke McCormack comes from the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

by Elizabeth Murphy | February 6th, 2012

The seven-time Tour de France winner had accused the Justice Department of trying to taint his legacy.

by Mary Jacoby | February 4th, 2012

The veteran antitrust lawyer may hit a hurdle in the Senate, where the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee has vowed to delay Justice Department nominees over the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal.

by Elizabeth Murphy | February 3rd, 2012

If confirmed, Stephanie Rose would be the first woman to serve on the bench in the Cedar Rapids-based Southern District of Iowa, where she’s been nominated.

by David Stout | February 3rd, 2012

How many lawyers does it take to embarrass a giant bureaucracy and create confusion? Not many.

by David Stout | February 3rd, 2012

The Department of Justice pays for the defense of prosecutors whose conduct came under fire.

by David Stout | February 3rd, 2012

George E. B. Holding, who obtained an indictment against former Sen. John Edwards, has raised four times as much as rival.

by CBS News | February 3rd, 2012

The parents of Brian Terry, the border agent killed last year in a shootout near the Mexican border, have filed suit against Arizona. His death has spurred a national discussion about botched gun-walking operation known as Fast and Furious.

by David Stout | February 3rd, 2012

The latest sharp exchanges fall just short of declaring, “We’ll see you in court.”

by Mary Jacoby and Elizabeth Murphy | February 2nd, 2012

At a House Oversight Committee hearing, Chairman Darrell Issa was more solicitous toward the Attorney General, while backbenchers continued to rip into him. The AG fought back.

by Michael V. Hayden | February 2nd, 2012

Former CIA director fails in his struggle to resist Schadenfreude.

by David Stout | February 2nd, 2012

The U.S. Attorney hits the big time with a cover article on Time magazine.

by Main Justice staff | February 2nd, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                        AG
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TESTIMONY AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Cummings, and members of the Committee, I am here today because I [...]

by Jesselyn Radack | February 2nd, 2012

Ex-DOJ lawyer who blew whistle on John Walker Lindh interrogation questions his 20-year sentence.

by Elizabeth Murphy | February 1st, 2012

“The fact that the Department just produced this document on Friday shows the lengths to which you are willing to go to obstruct our investigation and deceive the public,” Issa wrote.

by Elizabeth Murphy | February 1st, 2012

Charles Grassley — the lawmaker most closely associated with the False Claims Act and whistleblower protections — was invited to the event but did not attend. Sen. Patrick Leahy called the False Claims Act a “real success story in government.”

by Elizabeth Murphy | February 1st, 2012

David Remnitz will be the global and Americas forensic technology and discovery services leader. In addition, Adam Cohen, Todd Marlin and Jay Sonbolian will join as principals.

by Elizabeth Murphy | February 1st, 2012

He served as a federal prosecutor in New Orleans for 20 years, leading prosecutions of former Louisiana Gov. Edward Edwards on racketeering charges.

by Main Justice staff | February 1st, 2012

One of the seven defendants, Ray Crosby, died Sunday, leaving the status of the corruption case uncertain.

by Elizabeth Murphy | January 31st, 2012

Years of dysfunction within the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s office is to blame for the botched Fast and Furious gun-walking investigation, a report says. UPDATED Feb. 1

by Elizabeth Murphy | January 31st, 2012

Patrick Cunningham’s attorney said it’s unfair to blame him for inaccurate information in a letter to Congress that the Justice Department was forced to withdraw.

by Main Justice staff | January 31st, 2012

Sen. Charles Grassley discusses what he believes has been an erosion of the balance of power following President Barack Obama’s controversial recess appointments this January.

by Mary Jacoby | January 30th, 2012

A Washington, D.C., federal jury has acquitted two of the remaining five defendants in a foreign bribery trial of military products brokers.

by Elizabeth Murphy | January 30th, 2012

The emails show former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke alerting Monty Wilkinson, an aide to Attorney General Eric Holder, about the shooting of Brian Terry.

by David Stout | January 30th, 2012

Former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke is described as neither embittered nor broken over the gun-tracking debacle.

by The New York Times | January 30th, 2012

Former Criminal Division DAAG joins Davis Polk & Wardwell.

by Elizabeth Murphy | January 27th, 2012

Sharis Pozen departs as acting chief.

by Politico | January 27th, 2012

Attorney General Eric Holder unveiled a new task force focused on mortgage fraud Friday.

by Talking Points Memo | January 27th, 2012

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging the Justice Department to take a closer look at presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s personal finance disclosures.

MARRYING INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW AND THE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.

Shanghai-based Lesli Ligorner, a partner with Paul Hastings LLP, speaks with Main Justice Editor-in-Chief Mary Jacoby about the overlap between employment law and FCPA compliance in China.

 "And I suppose it is literally true that Ms. Seitz did not stand idly by when the Administration took unconstitutional action:  rather, she actively became a lackey for the Administration." -- Sen. Charles Grassley on Office of Legal Counsel's authorization of Obama's controversial recess appointments.