Leslie Caldwell, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, is in the final stages of the nomination vetting process to become the department's criminal chief.

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The U.S. has the unique challenge of trying to run secret intelligence in an open democracy. It has to do so under the law.

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Up until that moment, I had no idea just how weak the SEC really is. If these are the handcuffs the SEC has to deal with on a big case like this, then it’s no wonder its enforcement division’s performance over the years has been so feeble.

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The U.S. Justice Department said settlements in which makers of brand-name drugs pay to delay the introduction of generic competitors should be considered illegal in many cases. The department, in a filing Monday with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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The U.S. Justice Department said settlements in which makers of brand-name drugs pay to delay the introduction of generic competitors should be considered illegal in many cases. The department, in a filing Monday with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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The U.S. Justice Department denied a published report Tuesday that it may drop a civil lawsuit that seeks to force UBS AG, the largest Swiss bank by assets, to disclose the identities of 52,000 U.S. account holders. The New York ...

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The U.S. Justice Department has asked Google Inc. and publishers for information about the settlement of a book-scanning dispute, signaling that a federal probe is under way. Google has received a formal inquiry from the Justice Department, said Adam Kovacevich, ...

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The Obama administration on Monday revoked a Bush administration antitrust policy, calling it an impediment to the government’s ability to fight anti-competitive conduct by dominant companies. The approach under former President George W. Bush “raised too many hurdles” to limiting ...

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The Senate Judiciary Committee, after a one-week delay, approved Eric Holder’s nomination by President Barack Obama to be U.S. attorney general and set the stage for confirmation by the full Senate. Holder, 58, would be the first black person to ...

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Extension granted in Blagojevich case Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was granted a 90-day extension to obtain an indictment against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whom he has accused of corruption in a criminal complaint. U.S. District Judge James Holderman in ...

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