In the deal, Khan -- who had faced the prospect of life in prison -- has agreed to be interviewed by government investigators without his own legal counsel present, provided that the government gives his attorney reasonable notice.
The government's lead counsel got exactly 201 words into his argument when the first Justice cut in, asking for a citation.
"The main issue is making sure that people who interact with consumers actually know what they are talking about, " said Wes Bissett, senior counsel for government affairs to the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, an industry group that is promoting the restrictions on navigators.
"Before you consider other issues raised in the petition, we ask the attorney general and the Maharashtra state government's standing counsel about the discharge of obligations by state to protect the life, liberty and property of citizens and to discharge these obligations, " the three-member panel of judges said.
Rather than provide counsel to the government, the attorney general today tells the government what it is allowed to do.
Bernstein quickly rose through the government ranks, becoming general counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency and, later, general counsel to the Department of Health and Human Services.
One major public announcement was that of the First Minister's nomination for the post of Counsel General, the government's chief legal adviser.
Two former Smaltz staff members have told TIME the counsel took liberties with government resources by regularly asking employees to watch his home while it was being cleaned.
Her government service includes her work as Counsel to Senator Biden, where she worked on Judiciary Committee issues such as women's rights, domestic violence, intellectual property, judicial nominations, immigration and civil rights.
Prior to joining ZVRS, Mr. Rosen served as the General Counsel and Vice President of Government Relations of Snap!
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Bernstein left government for a stretch, becoming general counsel first for Chemical Waste Management and then for WMX Technologies.
Frank Carlucci, my new national security advisor, is respected for his experience in government and trusted for his judgment and counsel.
Dai Lloyd (Plaid Cymru, South West Wales ) asked how the Assembly Government will obtain legal advice without having a Counsel General.
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They do so, in part, by avoiding overstaffing, by cutting bad clients and by paying premium wages to young associates many of whom, debts paid, happily bail out for less stressful work as in-house counsel for companies or in the government and nonprofit sectors.
For example, in a January post on the White House blog, Norm Eisen, the special counsel to the president on ethics and government reform, noted that the James Taylor and Louis Farrakhan that appeared the records aren't the famous people with those names.
It was bad that the government tried to conceal the facts, worse that its counsel intervened to alter a court ruling.
If Congress lets the law expire, as it did in 1992 before renewing it 18 months later, dozens of high-ranking government officials who now could be subject to an independent counsel inquiry would be investigated instead by the Justice Department.
Peter Zeidenberg, deputy special counsel, said a series of witnesses proved the government's case.
It is widely disliked by members of both parties after independent counsel investigations of Republican and Democratic presidents and other government officials.
"Given the recent history that we've seen with respect to certain countries starting to censor the free flow of information over the Internet, we believe it really should be a top priority for our government, " says Pablo Chavez, Google's Washington policy counsel.
When the threat of indictment did not go away, KPMG retained new counsel, and entered a deferred prosecution agreement with the federal government.
Counsel General John Griffiths AM also answered a question on the assembly government's legislative plans following the result of the referendum on full law-making powers.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts): After many years of investigations, by every possible investigative tool of the federal government, Congressional committees, the FBI, under the command of the independent counsel, we have the following charge against Bill Clinton.
The mutterings in the legal community are fuelled to some extent by the government's refusal to answer any questions about the appointment process for their Counsel General - how many individuals were in the running, whose advice was given during the process and so on.
In May, GeoEye brought on Uyen Dinh, formerly counsel to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, as a senior director for government affairs.
Had the Counsel General, she asked, had any discussions with law officers in the UK government on the requirement to consult the Prince of Wales over Welsh legislation?
The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the Department of Justice, responsible for resolving disputes between federal government agencies, has found differently.
Following Watergate, a scandal far worse than what we have seen thus far, Congress and the president adopted a number of major government reforms that included a new campaign finance system, ethics rules, the Office of the Independent Counsel, and much more.
The government has charged Alexander, along with Comverse's former finance chief David Kreinberg and former general counsel William Sorin , with various counts of fraud, including mail and wire fraud, in connection with its ongoing investigation into the backdating of options grants.
Today, following the Ethics in Government Act as required by the Ethics in Government Act, and with the authorization of the court supervising independent counsels, the Office of Independent Counsel submitted a referral to the House of Representatives containing substantial and credible information that may constitute grounds for impeachment of the president of the United States.
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