Criminal Law

U.S. Justice Dept. is looking for lawyers.
The Justice Dept. has vacancies for lawyers.   If you wish to be considered for a position as a lawyer for the Justice Department you should check out their web site at: http://www...

8 seek Hardcastle's position in Family Court
Eight attorneys have submitted applications to replace Family Court Judge Gerald Hardcastle, who will retire July 1: Bryce Callow Duckworth, 43 (also a candate for Dept. Q) Fernando Guzman, 59 (also a candidate for Dept...

"Justice Dept. won't budge on wiretap document"
"Justice Dept. won't budge on wiretap document": Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. And at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog, David Kravets has a post titled "Obama Dares Judge to Order Release Of NSA Spy Document...

Justice Dept. releases letter detailing investigation of Grant County Detention Center
  In May of 2005, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice wrote a letter to the Grant County Judge Executive concerning its investigation of the operation of the Grant County Jail...

Wired: Obama Taps 5th RIAA Lawyer to Justice Dept.
Wired: "Obama Taps 5th RIAA Lawyer to Justice Dept.": Monday's naming of Ian Gershengorn, to become the department's deputy assistant attorney of the Civil Division, comes more than a week after nearly two-dozen public interest groups, trade pacts and library coalitions urged the new president to quit filling his administration with lawyers plucked from the Recording Industry Association of America.

Justice Dept. Request Denied in Wiretapping Case
Justice Dept. Request Denied in Wiretapping Case :: In re: National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation (pdf)

"Obama seeks Justice Dept change, taps Holder as AG"
"Obama seeks Justice Dept change, taps Holder as AG": The Associated Press provides this report.

Report Finds Politicized Hiring at Justice Dept.
Report Finds Politicized Hiring at Justice Dept. :: DOJ Refuses to Prosecute :: Letters Sent by Mukasey to L&C Law Alum Jamie Saul, Others, Could Cause Legal Trouble :: My Badge of Honor by Saul :: An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring and Other Improper Personnel Actions (pdf)

"Justice Dept. snubs federal judge's ruling"
"Justice Dept. snubs federal judge's ruling": Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "In a parting shot, the Bush administration's Justice Department shrugged off a San Francisco federal judge's order to make a classified document available to lawyers for an Islamic group challenging the legality of the outgoing president's secret wiretapping program...

Judicial Election Watch 2008
Today's new filings: If this information is wrong, or if someone else should be added to the list, please contact me at jonell ~~~ at ~~~ jonellthomas ~~~ dot ~~~ com or post a comment below...

Anna Nicole Smith's Legal Troubles
Court cases and legal issues related to Anna Nicole Smith

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
Katrina Victims See Justice Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions

Disability Discrimination
WA Corrections Dept. agrees to pay $300,000 settlement in class action lawsuit.

WA Dept. of Social and Health Services
Class action settlement reached will give $45,000 each to thousands of minority day-care providers.