Arnold & Porter has added former Department of Justice prosecutor Kirk Ogrosky to its white collar criminal defense and FDA/ healthcare practices. Ogrosky previously served as the DOJ’s deputy chief of the fraud section from 2006 to 2010. The move by Arnold & Porter follows the addition of three partners from Arent Fox to its white [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 8, 2010
As reported here last week, a group calling itself ‘Keep America Safe’ has taken issue with the Department of Justice for refusing to name attorneys who represented detainees at Guantanamo Bay while in private practice. In response to what it calls “a shameful series of attacks on attorneys in the Department of Justice,” a group [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 1, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, March 1, and here’s a quick look back at Friday’s news… Profits and revenue decline at Debevoise & Plimpton… Ogletree Deakins open a new office in Orange County, California… Donchess & Notinger claim in a court filing that a bankruptcy case is creating a financial hardship for the firm… Seyfarth Shaw releases details [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 26, 2010
Laurence Tribe, prominent Harvard Law professor and generally considered one of the foremost liberal constitutional law scholars and Supreme Court practitioners in the country (he has appeared before the Supreme Court 34 times), will join the Justice Department next week to serve as a senior counselor for “access to justice”. In this role Tribe will [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Department of Justice and its federal brethren unsealed a pair of indictments Wednesday that merit interest. First, in New York, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District has indicted an alleged Russian arms dealer and his associate with trying to purchase two aircraft from U.S. companies. The suspect, who is currently in custody in Thailand, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, February 2, and here’s a quick peek back at yesterday’s headlines… Ropes & Gray adds a former Assistant to the Solicitor General… McDermott Will & Emery added one to its IP practice… A forthcoming DoJ report will admonish but not sanction the lawyers who authored the “torture memos“… UC San Diego is [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, formerly Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General, has joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in its Appellate and Supreme Court practice. Hallward-Driemeir began his legal career as an assoicate with Ropes & Gray so this is a bit of a homecoming for him. Hallward-Driemeier has handled appeals and Supreme Court litigation for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
A forthcoming Department of Justice report from the Office of Professional Responsibility will clear Bush administration lawyers of professional misconduct in their authorship of memos that many consider a justification for torture. Jay Bybee, now a federal appellate court judge, and John Yoo, now a law professor, are the two lawyers mainly responsible for the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Carl Nichols, a former senior litigator for the Department of Justice has joined WilmerHale as a partner. Nichols worked in the DoJ under President George W Bush from 2005 until 2009, serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division, and later as the Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
For the past eight years, Gregory Katsas has held high level posts at the Justice Department. Mr. Katsas served as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from June 2008 to January 2009. Between 2001 and 2008, Mr. Katsas also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Principal Deputy [...]
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