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21 Feb 2010, 9:11 pm by Rob Vischer
  I've only had time to give a cursory read to John Yoo's response to the Office of Professional Responsibility's report; one section that grabbed my attention was Yoo's argument that OPR failed to account for the factual circumstances surrounding the writing of the memoranda at issue. [read post]
11 Dec 2019, 6:21 am by Allan Blutstein
Utah) -- concluding that: (1) Office of Professional Responsibility properly withheld in full certain documents concerning plaintiff’s whistleblower relation claim pursuant to deliberative process privilege, but other documents included segregable non-exempt information; (2) OPR properly relied on Exemption 6 to withhold the names of “unnoteworthy individual witnesses, low-level governmental employees, and other obscure individuals,” but… [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 5:39 pm by John Steele
In October 2004, the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) began its investigation of the DOJ lawyers who were involved in writing the torture memos. [read post]
8 Jul 2009, 2:32 pm
Earlier in the week, I blogged about Brady violations and theorized that now might be the time to improve the DOJ's compliance on such matters by changing its Office of Professional Responsibility. [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 6:00 am by Dennis N. Brager
Therefore any tax professional potentially facing an investigation or referral to the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) should immediately retain tax counsel. [read post]
24 Feb 2010, 5:56 am by Ann Althouse
But that is where OPR, playing a junior varsity CIA, wanted to lead us. [read post]
5 Oct 2021, 12:23 pm by Bob Bauer, Jack Goldsmith
  Extending Inspector General Jurisdiction to Justice Department Attorneys Under current law, the Justice Department’s Office of Professional (OPR), which was created in the wake of Watergate, is charged with “investigat[ing] allegations that Department attorneys, prosecutors, and immigration judges have committed misconduct while performing their duties to investigate, litigate, or give legal advice. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 9:20 am by Rick Hasen
Back in March, the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility issued this 79-page report (link via TPM) on the New Black Panthers controversy. [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 7:15 am
” But in a Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report containing a secret 2003 email, Rizzo revealed his disdain for international human rights treaties like the Geneva Conventions as well as his confidence that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) would find a way to undermine them: It’s hard to read Rizzo’s email as anything other than a cynical acknowledgment of government… [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 4:33 pm by admin
“We understand the fear that undocumented immigrant crime victims have with coming forward to law enforcement,” said Shawn Fallah, resident agent in charge of ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Seattle. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 2:12 pm by Steve Hall
The Professional Misconduct Review Unit (PMRU) will be responsible for all disciplinary and state bar referral actions relating to OPR findings of professional misconduct against career attorneys. [read post]
3 Jul 2007, 3:56 pm
” Oddly, although the Justice Department's internal Office of Professional Responsibility concluded in 2005 that the evidence was exculpatory and that Auerhahn had a duty to disclose it, the Department argued in a 2006 brief that the evidence wasn't material and that disclosure wasn't required. [read post]
4 Jul 2020, 1:04 pm by Andrew Delaney
The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) brought charges of unprofessional conduct against Mr. [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 12:07 pm
  Ted Stevens'  conviction was undone by Brady violations, and in this press release, the DOJ announced it was withdrawing its prosecution of two Alaska officials in a separate corruption prosecution due to Brady-related misconduct.Wondering if this was evidence of a wider problem, I visited the website maintained by the DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility or OPR, which is responsible for investigating allegations… [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 10:22 am by Monroe Freedman
Board of Professional Responsibility requesting disbarment of Bush Administration attorneys John Yoo, Michael Haynes, and Alberto Gonzales. [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 8:31 am by Soroush Seifi
”[12] There is no doubt that in Canada public lawyers are the individuals entrusted with a public prosecutorial role funded by the taxpayers of this country and this adds strength to the argument for an independent office of professional responsibility for public lawyers such as prosecutors. [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 8:31 am by Soroush Seifi
”[12] There is no doubt that in Canada public lawyers are the individuals entrusted with a public prosecutorial role funded by the taxpayers of this country and this adds strength to the argument for an independent office of professional responsibility for public lawyers such as prosecutors. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 1:03 pm
If you have questions concerning an allegation, you may email the IRS at OPR@irs.gov. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 10:41 am by Joe Palazzolo
The Office of Professional Responsibility “found absolutely no midsconduct by Brenda,” said Hogan Lovells’ Chuck Rosenberg. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 5:04 am
Investigate whether the preparer has any questionable history with the Better Business Bureau, the state's board of accountancy for CPAs, the state's bar association for attorneys or the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) for enrolled agents or the oversight agency in states that license or register tax preparers. [read post]