But there are exceptions, according to attorney and former Justice Department official, David Rifkin.
One such former Justice attorney and Holder acquaintance expressed strong support for the expected nomination.
Tzachi Hanegbi, a former justice minister, has also been investigated in connection with alleged bribery.
Mr. Jacobs's departure crystallized the former Justice Department lawyer's elevated status as Mr. Murdoch's top legal adviser.
The former justice secretary had earlier told the BBC that the laws covering donations were "very clear".
"It's very far along, " said another former Justice attorney who has professional ties to Holder and also asked for anonymity.
The group has been blamed for the killings of two retired generals, a former justice minister and a prominent businessman.
Former justice secretary Lord Falconer was committed to bringing a private members' bill in the House of Lords next year, he added.
Plus, Congress hears another witness - we've lost count of how many - from a former Justice Department official about the fired federal prosecutors.
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"It might be illegal because of certain rules that protect the privacy and secrecy of what goes before a grand jury, " former Justice Department prosecutor Martin Pollner said.
Former Justice Secretary Jack Straw also agreed that the plans would make "significant changes", particularly the plans to replace the common law defence of "fair comment" with "honest opinion".
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Then, in November 2009, former justice secretary Jack Straw refused to accept a Parole Board recommendation that Hindawi be released - a decision confirmed by his successor, Ken Clarke.
We were honored to welcome back to the department Hilary Tompkins, Solicitor of the Department of the Interior and former Justice Department trial attorney to deliver the keynote address.
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That the government intervened in the lawsuit is serious, said Robert L. Vogel, a former Justice Department trial attorney who handled false-claims cases and is now in private practice.
If you have questions about the Democrat's compromise, about former Justice Department lawyer Monica Goodling's testimony on the Hill or about the rest of the week in politics, give us a call.
Former Justice Secretary Jack Straw has mounted a high-profile campaign against what he says is the large increase in dubious whiplash claims, tabling a private member's bill in 2011 urging reform of motor insurance.
Former justice spokesman David Heath, who was one of three Lib Dem MPs to quit the frontbench last year in protest at the leadership's opposition to a referendum on the EU treaty, returns to a frontline role.
The external review, which will be conducted by former Justice Department official Kenneth L. Wainstein, a Washington attorney perhaps best known in sports for representing Gilbert Arenas after he brought guns to the Wizards locker room and confronted a teammate.
In an abrupt move, Rachida Dati, a former justice minister who fell out of favour with Mr Sarkozy, was deprived of the chauffeur-driven car she had hung on to despite leaving her job to become a member of the European Parliament.
The leading advocates of this view of executive power, unprecedented in its breadth, were David Addington, a former vice-presidential counsel (now chief of staff to the vice-president), John Yoo, a former Justice Department lawyer (now back in academia), and Alberto Gonzales, the former White House counsel, now attorney-general.
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The committee, which also included the former chief justice of northern Himachal Pradesh state and a former solicitor general, submitted its report to the government on Wednesday.
Business tycoon Ratan Tata and a former chief justice of India are serving, too.
Former UK justice secretary Jack Straw also said the revelations had no connection to the final decision.
One of India's top judges and former chief justice JS Verma has died near the capital, Delhi, aged 80.
Peers backed a motion from former Labour justice minister Lord Bach, which "regretted" the coalition had broken a promise on exemptions.
One interesting feature of that episode was his collaboration with the former Labour Justice Secretary Jack Straw , another wily operator.
The former chief justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, is not here.
In Massachusetts, former Clinton Justice Department official Deval Patrick became the state's first African-American governor and only the second elected nationally since Reconstruction.
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