By Jacqueline Thomsen | December 5, 2019
The Justice Department argued that courts don't have the authority to issue such rulings against a sitting president or his office because it "would raise the same separation of powers issues implicated by relief against the president himself."
By R. Robin McDonald | December 2, 2019
Chief Justice John Roberts quickly homed in on the significance of the annotations and whether they are considered "official."
By Jacqueline Thomsen | November 27, 2019
Two federal judges have even pointed to a White House counsel letter refusing to cooperate in the impeachment proceedings as a reason for granting some of the records requests.
By C. Ryan Barber | November 26, 2019
"[T]here is virtually no likelihood that any legitimate interest of the government will be harmed by disclosing the contents of the ex parte discussions," Anne Weismann, chief FOIA counsel at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said in a court filing Tuesday.
By C. Ryan Barber | November 14, 2019
Federal prosecutors denied any deception, arguing their court statements in a pending Freedom of Information Act lawsuit were made in good faith.
By Cheryl Miller | November 13, 2019
A 19-page report prepared by Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni found that a bar staffer, pressured to finish work before having to proctor the two-day exam in July, mistakenly included a list of topics in an email inviting 16 law school deans to observe a test grading session later that summer.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | November 5, 2019
"State Department officials charged with carrying out our foreign policy should not be left in the dark about shadow diplomacy carried out through a secret, alternative channel," the complaint reads.
By C. Ryan Barber | Mike Scarcella | November 1, 2019
"In effect, the CFTC negotiated a private resolution that left the industry without any intelligible guidance," the law firm Kobre & Kim said in a public-records lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal district court.
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle | October 30, 2019
Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. This term features an abundance of ERISA cases—what to make of that? Plus: the big "risk-corridor" ACA case is coming up, and the plaintiffs want expanded argument time. Plus: the Justice Department is fighting a FOIA that seeks to pry open an FBI background file on Brett Kavanaugh.
By Mike Scarcella | October 28, 2019
The character of the information in the FBI supplemental background investigation "is highly personal and could subject Judge Kavanaugh and others to harassment or embarrassment in their private lives," Justice Department lawyers said in responding to a FOIA lawsuit.
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