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5 Jan 2018, 2:00 am
Attorney General Sessions recently has rescinded various other Department of Justice guidance, including a guideline that advised local courts to refrain from imposing unnecessary or excessive fines and fees upon defendants who are without the means to pay them. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 1:24 pm
Sessions said the Obama-era guidance undermined 'the rule of law' and the Justice Department’s mission to enforce federal statutes. 'Today’s memo on federal marijuana enforcement simply directs all U.S. attorneys to use previously established prosecutorial principles that provide them all the necessary tools to disrupt criminal organizations, tackle the growing drug crisis, and thwart violent crime across our country,' he said. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 11:16 am
On Wednesday, former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort sued the Justice Department, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller, requesting that the federal district court in D.C. limit Mueller’s authority, the New York Times writes. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 10:58 am
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ one-page memo instructs United States Attorneys to ignore guidance from 2013 that department resources should be limited in the criminal prosecution of marijuana users and state-approved growers in states where marijuana is legal. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 8:37 am
Deputy Attorney General Cole issues a series of memoranda further articulating Department of Justice policy in the face of emerging state laws legalizing personal use of marijuana. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 8:17 am
Several news outlets are reporting that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rescind the Department of Justice memoranda providing that the federal government would largely eschew enforcement of federal marijuana laws against those acting in compliance with applicable state laws, unless there is a threat of trafficking, diversion, or juvenile access. [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 2:57 pm
At ICAP, Letter will hold the same titles as former Justice Department colleague Mary McCord, who previously served as acting assistant attorney general and principal deputy assistant attorney general for national security. [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 2:36 am
Read the December 2017 news release by the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Nevada here. [read post]
2 Jan 2018, 5:08 pm
However, as important as the U.S. [read post]
2 Jan 2018, 8:58 am
Israel’s attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, issued a directive that requires new legislation to include an explanation of its application in the West Bank. [read post]
2 Jan 2018, 3:12 am
Last month, for example, I wrote that the Solicitor General’s nominal “Petition for Certiorari” in No. 17-654 “[i]n many respects . . . departs, sometimes dramatically, from the justly lauded, traditional standards and practices of [the Office of the Solicitor General]. [read post]
2 Jan 2018, 3:12 am
Last month, for example, I wrote that the Solicitor General’s nominal “Petition for Certiorari” in No. 17-654 “[i]n many respects . . . departs, sometimes dramatically, from the justly lauded, traditional standards and practices of [the Office of the Solicitor General]. [read post]
1 Jan 2018, 4:24 pm
As we come to the close of 2017, the Civil Division of the U.S. [read post]
1 Jan 2018, 7:00 am
(In this case, moreover, the U.S. attorney in charge of the prosecution was a Republican holdover—and it would have been even more unimaginable that the administration would have departed from the norm of non-interference for the benefit of a Democrat against the charging recommendation of an official associated with the opposing party.) [read post]
1 Jan 2018, 7:00 am
He has not managed to fire his attorney general or his deputy attorney general—both of whom he evidently hates. [read post]
31 Dec 2017, 7:38 pm
But now it’s you against the Solicitor General, the Justice Department. [read post]
31 Dec 2017, 5:12 pm
Did two justices on the Houston Court of Appeals just do Wells Fargo a big favor by preempting the Texas Supreme Court in gutting the statute of limitations? [read post]
31 Dec 2017, 5:12 pm
Did two justices on the Houston Court of Appeals just do Wells Fargo a big favor by preempting the Texas Supreme Court in gutting the statute of limitations? [read post]
31 Dec 2017, 10:36 am
The SG recently filed a reply brief, which doubles down on the allegations of unethical attorney behavior; and David has published a post on why the ethics authorities the SG cites in his reply brief do not support his accusations.In this post, we address two further items, both related to the attorney ethics aspect of the petition: (i) First, we note the incongruity of the SG using this case to make an unprecedented attack on opposing counsel’s… [read post]
30 Dec 2017, 5:58 am
Department of Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). [read post]
