Recent embarrassments in certain federal cases have prompted the new attorney general to order retraining for prosecutors. I propose this as the first lesson: Don’t break the law. You would think that little reminder unnecessary. But the handling of the ...

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The Obama administration ruled out prosecution of government interrogators as it released censored versions of legal memos that guided harsh questioning of terror suspects by the CIA under President George W. Bush. The memos show that Justice Department lawyers authorized ...

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, days after dropping a political corruption case that helped drive Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens from office, said he expects prosecutors to put fairness ahead of winning and hinted at a further Justice Department shake-up.  “Their ...

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 Attorney General Eric Holder replaced the head of the Justice Department’s professional ethics office after a U.S. judge blasted the department for “shocking” conduct in prosecuting former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. H. Marshall Jarrett, who has led the department’s Office ...

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The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge to set aside the political corruption conviction of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, saying that prosecutors withheld information from defense lawyers during the trial. The government’s decision to file federal court papers ...

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The U.S. Senate began filling the Justice Department’s leadership ranks, confirming David Ogden to be deputy attorney general and Thomas Perrelli’s nomination for the agency’s No. 3 post. The confirmations of Ogden and Perrelli will provide reinforcements for Attorney General ...

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Economist Carl B. Shapiro, who endorsed the Clinton administration’s plan to break up Microsoft Corp. as an expert witness, has rejoined the U.S. Justice Department as the antitrust division’s chief economist, people familiar with the appointment said. Shapiro’s choice is ...

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Christine Varney, nominated to become the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust chief, promised to be more aggressive in challenging anti-competitive mergers than former President George W. Bush’s administration.  “We must rebalance legal and economic theories in antitrust analysis and enforcement,” Varney ...

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Do you ever wonder if the ladies and gentleman inhabiting the halls of the U.S. Justice Department want to just throw in the towel on some of the cases from the previous regime? I mean, obviously the left is going ...

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As hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers sign up for unemployment each month and major employers head for bankruptcy court, many Americans would find it oh-so-nice to land a job guaranteed for life. The United States has no kings or ...

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Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey will join New York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, the firm said Tuesday in a statement. Mukasey, a former federal judge in New York, will join the firm as a partner in the litigation ...

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