Professional Biography:
Justin P. Murphy is a partner in the firm’s Regulatory Practice Group. A former federal prosecutor, Justin counsels and represents corporate and individual clients involved in government enforcement of complex antitrust, fraud and all phases of white-collar criminal and related civil matters, including internal corporate investigations, False Claims Act (FCA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), e-discovery, data privacy, cybersecurity, securities enforcement, federal grand jury, inspector general investigations and trials and appeals. His focus in criminal antitrust investigations includes bid-rigging, price-fixing, procurement fraud, hiring practices and market allocation in a variety of industries.
Prior to joining McDermott, Justin served as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Criminal Antitrust Division. At DOJ, Justin investigated and prosecuted regional, domestic and international cartel cases, as well as procurement fraud, wi
White House Announces Several Nominations To Interior Leadership
The White House today announced the intent to nominate several officials to serve at the Department of the Interior, including:
Tommy Beaudreau, Deputy Secretary
Winnie Stachelberg, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget
Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
The nominations will now be considered by the U.S. Senate.
“Our nominees each have deep experience leading on energy and environmental issues, working across federal, state, local and Tribal governments, and coordinating engagement with a variety of stakeholders. I look forward to working with them to advance Interior’s mission to steward America s natural, cultural and historic resources and honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes,” said Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
Cozen O’Connor’s issued the following announcement on Apr. 13.
Heather Marx, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation practice and vice-chair of the firm’s Trade Remedies practice, has been named to The American Lawyer’s 2021 inaugural list of Midwest Trailblazers.
The Trailblazers represent agents of change who have moved the needle at their respective firms, making significant marks on practice, policy, and technological advancements in their areas of legal practice.
Marx, who practices out of Cozen O’Connor’s Minneapolis office, was recognized for being the vice-chair of one of the only full-service trade practices based outside the high-cost coastal hubs.
Antiwar.com Original
In February 2020, US President Donald Trump announced a peace deal with the Taliban, giving US forces 15 months to get out of Afghanistan. Nearly a year later, with the withdrawal nearly complete and only 2,500 US armed forces members remaining on Afghan soil, incoming President Joe Biden took the oath of inauguration and instantly began complaining that the May 1 deadline would be “hard to meet.”
The claim is silly on its face. The US military is great at moving people. Eight months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, US Marines waded ashore at Guadalcanal. Five months after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait,
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A demonstrator hold a sign Justice for George outside the Hennepin County Government Center during the opening statement of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin on March 29, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images)
Georgetown University Law Center professor
Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley to discuss the case presented by the defense so far in the murder trial of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin.
He also discusses the 2nd-degree manslaughter charges against the police officer accused of killing Daunte Wright last weekend.
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