In order to run afoul of that provision, Justice Kagan herself would have had to participate in her official capacity as counsel or adviser in the case at any stage, or expressed an opinion in her official capacity about the merits.

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The next-highest paid NFL official in 2011 was general counsel Jeff Pash.

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Iglesias said he has had several conversations about his case with the Office of Special Counsel, and faxed official complaints to the agency on Tuesday.

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David Iglesias, who was the U.S. attorney for New Mexico until February, told CNN that an official in the Office of Special Counsel approached him shortly before his testimony to Congress about the firings in early March.

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That unclassified memo is based on classified advice from the Office of Legal Counsel that is being made available to the intelligence committees' members, the official said.

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Meanwhile, counsel to the inquiry Christopher Clarke QC has been accused of effectively blowing the cover of Official IRA men seeking anonymity to testify at the hearings.

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Rutgers announced Thursday that former interim senior vice president and general counsel John Wolf has resigned from his post as a university attorney the fourth official to leave in the wake of revelations of abusive behavior by former men's basketball coach Mike Rice.

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