C. Ryan Barber

January 28, 2021 | National Law Journal

Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said the charges for the man who sat in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office are, "in some ways, too benign sounding to fairly describe what happened."

By Jacqueline Thomsen | C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

January 27, 2021 | National Law Journal

For the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, it has required an all-hands effort, pulling in prosecutors with varied expertise and backgrounds bringing cases over everything from bank robbery and sanctions violations to espionage and murder.

By C. Ryan Barber

8 minute read

January 26, 2021 | Law.com

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, our weekly snapshot on white-collar, regulatory and compliance news and trends. Thanks for reading!

By C. Ryan Barber

7 minute read

January 25, 2021 | National Law Journal

Emily Loeb, who earlier co-founded the Protect Democracy group during the Trump era, is among a handful of lawyers with Jenner ties who have joined the Biden-Harris administration.

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

January 24, 2021 | National Law Journal

Jeffrey Clark, then acting head of the DOJ civil division and a former Kirkland & Ellis partner, denied he participated in any effort to remove Jeffrey Rosen, then the acting U.S. attorney general. "All my official communications were consistent with the law," Clark said, according to a New York Times report.

By Mike Scarcella | C. Ryan Barber

9 minute read

January 21, 2021 | National Law Journal

McQuaid, named acting leader of the U.S. Justice Department's criminal division, earlier spent more than five years as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York before joining the Obama White House in 2013.

By C. Ryan Barber

6 minute read

January 20, 2021 | National Law Journal

Litigation over DOJ office of legal counsel memos is rare. At issue for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit was an opinion the Justice Department's office of legal counsel issued in 2018 about the scope of the Wire Act.

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

January 20, 2021 | National Law Journal

Alan Dershowitz, a lawyer for David Tamman during his criminal appeal, failed to convince the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to scrap the prison sentence. Tamman was released from custody in 2019.

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

January 19, 2021 | Law.com

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots. Who will Biden pick to lead DOJ's criminal division? Some names of possible contenders are emerging. Thanks for reading!

By C. Ryan Barber

8 minute read

January 19, 2021 | National Law Journal

Elizabeth Prelogar, who served as an adviser on the Mueller team, is expected to step into her new Justice Department role Wednesday, according to sources close to the Biden transition team. She will serve as acting solicitor general until a new solicitor general is appointed and confirmed by the Senate.

By Marcia Coyle | C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read