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30 Jan 2010, 10:10 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman are reporting that the soon-to-be-released report from the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility will "clear" former OLC attorneys John Yoo and Jay Bybee of professional misconduct. [read post]
27 Jan 2010, 5:46 am by Susan Brenner
The disclosed information most likely consisted of one or more documents from an investigation into plaintiff's conduct by defendant's Office of Professional Responsibility (`OPR’). [read post]
22 Jan 2010, 10:59 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Last month, we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking the release of the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR)'s report. [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 2:17 pm by Paul Caron
Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) seeking a formal investigation into incomplete and misleading statements made by attorneys for the Justice Department. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 3:02 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
  Which reminds us: where's that Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report? [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]
11 Sep 2009, 3:42 pm
Will the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility open an investigation? [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 6:24 am
It is an attorney-investigator from the Office of Professional Responsibility, (or OPR), of the Department of Justice.Each year, OPR investigates ethics complaints made against federal prosecutors around the country. [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 6:47 pm
Now that we've seen the OIG report and the FOIA documents, all we're waiting for is the ethics report from the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (the OPR report.) [read post]
10 Aug 2009, 7:21 am
Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct: Aborn will create an “Office of Professional Responsibility” (OPR), similar to the one that exists within the Department of Justice. [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 9:07 am
Check out their practice areas: Civil Tax Audits Tax Litigation & Controversy IRS Collection Actions Offshore Accounts Employment Tax Disputes White Collar Defense Complex Civil Litigation International Disputes Business Tax Issues IRS Whistleblower Actions IRS Criminal Tax Investigations Office of Professional Responsibility [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]
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]
11 Jun 2009, 10:12 am
In May, the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) issued penalty guidelines, sometimes referred to as a "penalty grid" for imposing penalties on tax preparers, and others who are tax attorneys, CPAs, or enrolled agents who fail to file timely income tax returns. [read post]
16 May 2009, 2:23 pm
Paulsen also reminds us that the OLC lawyers were merely lawyers serving their clients (ignoring that the OLC occupies a special position that requires the lawyers to say "No" to their client if a correct reading of the law so dictates.)In fact, he tells us, the Department of Justice investigators from the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) who reportedly concluded that the OLC lawyers possibly committed ethical violations should themselves be… [read post]
7 May 2009, 1:04 am
New OPR Chief Predicts More Transparency in Attorney Investigations The National Law Journal The new chief of the DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility said Tuesday she expects more transparency in attorney misconduct investigations and a more open discovery process in criminal cases. [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 6:07 am
  He also took strong aim at the department's Office of Professional Responsibility, which had been investigating the prosecutors, and wondered aloud whether the office was up to the job of policing Justice. [read post]
17 Mar 2009, 4:34 pm
Effective April 1, 2009 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) will have a new Directorâ€â [read post]