The Justice Department's internal ethics watchdog, known as the Office of Professional Responsibility, waged a witch-hunt against Bush administration lawyers who developed policies to protect the nation after 9/11 that has finally come to a close.

American Enterprise Institute economist Peter Wallison explains why the recent JP Morgan losses are proof that the Volcker Rule is unworkable and should be abandoned.

This Briefly has been updated to reflect new case law, the recently announced changes in the Department of Justice's Charging Guidelines in Corporate Fraud Prosecutions, and the implications of newly revised Rule of Civil Procedure 37(f) on e-discovery.

This Briefly provides a checklist of issues that general counsel and others inside a corporation should consider in the initial hours and days after learning of a government investigation.

The Obama administration refused to defend me against the lawsuit filed for José Padilla. Now even the liberal Ninth Circuit agrees the suit was frivolous.

The real question hanging over all this is whether there was a quid pro quo for Mr. Chen’s release.

The past two weeks of turmoil and drama in Sino-American affairs may well be the new normal, not an exception to an otherwise placid bilateral relationship. While Friday brought news of a possible deal allowing dissident Chen Guangcheng to leave China to study in America, that deal is no more certain than the earlier, failed deal, announced just days before