NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • White-Collar Defender Leslie Caldwell Up For Prosecutor Job • Lawyer for Iranian Asylum Seekers Agrees to Disbarment • Ex-Croatian Military Official Ends Lawsuit After U.S. Sanctions Dropped • Electronic Transactions Association Secures New Lobbyist • Five Cooks in Volcker Kitchen • Abolitionists Will Lose Ground By Fighting Marathon Bomber Case Leslie Caldwell spent the last decade defending Fortune 500 companies and CEOs in criminal matters. On Tuesday, the Senate takes up her nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, where she'd be on the other side of the courtroom. Read More » A Washington lawyer who represented two prominent Iranian political dissidents has agreed to disbarment after initially contesting ethics charges. Read More » Retired Croatian military official Ante Gotovina has dropped his lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Treasury, following his removal from a list of foreign nationals subject to economic sanctions. Read More » The Electronic Transactions Association has hired veteran financial services lobbyist Scott Talbott to lead its lobbying efforts, amid fresh congressional scrutiny of payment-card security following the massive data breaches at Target Corp. and Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. Read More » As five federal agencies begin implementing the massive — and massively complex — Volcker Rule, financial institutions have one overriding question: Who will they answer to? Read More » U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to seek the death penalty in the case of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev puts the abolitionist community in a bind. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES |
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