Articles Written by:    DAN SLATER     

Are Gitmo’s Military Commissions History?

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Has Gitmo seen its last war-crimes trial? On Friday, the Pentagons chief Guantanamo defense counsel, Col. Peter Masciola, asked President Bush to rescind charges against all 21 detainees facing ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  21 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg

Bush Pardon Party Goes Out With a Whimper

Maybe it’s us, but watching the former President of the United States, George W. Bush, helicopter out of the inauguration was a bit surreal. Perhaps we just expected more. But it seemed like Bush’s last days in office passed without much fanfare. Weren’ ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  Laura Bush,  Scooter Libby,  Michael R Milken

Georgetown to Lose Lederman and Katyal to OLC, SG’s Office

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. The capital’s most high profile law school is sending two of its best to government: Lederman to OLC: Georgetown’s Marty Lederman — whom legal blog fanatics will recognize from the Balkinization ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Eric Holder,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Wall Street Journal

The Recession’s Latest Legal Casualty: IOLTA

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Our profession is taking a pounding in The Current Cycle: Law-firm layoffs, once headline news on the legal beat, now merit only a mention. Budget shortfalls and over-burdened defenders are ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg,  Facebook Inc.

Human Rights Lawyer Murdered in Moscow

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. “Human-rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov told reporters Monday he would use all legal means to overturn the early release of the most senior Russian military officer ever convicted of war crimes in ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg,  Facebook Inc.

Alabama AG on Massey: Don’t Federalize Recusal Rules

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Let’s begin the day at One First Street, N.E., where the plot of the West Virginia Recusal Kerfuffle has recently thickened. It’s been over a year since West Virginia’s supreme court overturned a ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones

Pentagon Lawyer Asks Bush to Rescind Charges Against 21 Detainees

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Jess Bravin, the Journal’s Supreme Court reporter who’s been covering the legal proceedings in Guantanamo, reports: The Pentagon’s chief Guantanamo defense counsel asked the Bush administration to ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: The Pentagon,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones

With Flair, Team Genson Ejects from Blago Impeachment Proceedings

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. If the Ted Stevens case won the Most Theatrical Trial Award for 2008, the Trials of Blago are shaping up to take home the 2009 award. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the legal team ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Ted Stevens,  Rod R. Blagojevich,  Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg

Akin Gump to Cut 65 Staff; ‘No Planned Attorney Layoffs’

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Akin Gump is laying off 65 staff members, according to Sheila Turner, a firm spokeswoman. The cuts run across U.S. offices. “There are no planned attorney layoffs,” said Turner. “But in these ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg

Report: Enron Task Force’s Ruemmler to Return to Government

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again: Young law dogs with Department of Justice aspirations should consider Latham & Watkins. The firm seems to be the DOJ’s home away from home. In September, ...

From DAN SLATER, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg

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