26Feb 2023 by Charles E. Price
Recent legal opinion on foreign investment in Libya does not impose blanket ban in oil sector: Tumi Law Firm

Recent legal opinion on foreign investment in Libya does not impose blanket ban in oil sector: Tumi Law Firm

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On 23 January the Legal Department of Libya's Ministry of Justice issued a legal opinion clarifying the scope of Law No. 9 of 2010 on the Promotion of Investment on permitted investment structures for foreign investors in Libya. The legal opinion was interpreted to confirm that foreign investors in Libya may operate through a Libyan branch or through any other legal form. It was also interpreted to confirm that foreign investors are permitted to invest in Libya on a 100 percent ownership basis – that is, without the participation of Libyan shareholders – except in the oil and gas sector. Law No. 9 was deemed not to apply to oil and gas projects. However, leading Libyan law firm, Tumi Law Firm, says careful reading of the Ministry of Justice's 11-4-2…
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02Aug 2022 by Charles E. Price

Kushner recounts Jeff Sessions’ attempts to block Trump’s landmark criminal justice reform bill

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In his upcoming book, "Breaking History: A White House Memoir," Kushner details several efforts by Sessions to stymie his efforts to amass an unlikely coalition of conservative and liberal lawmakers -- and to dissuade then-President Donald Trump from backing them.In one instance, Kushner writes that Sessions' team at the Justice Department successfully thwarted an April 2018 committee markup of the legislation by recommending last-minute changes to the legislation that amounted to "poison pills" and which Kushner at the time described as "ridiculous " and in "bad faith." Sessions' feuds with Kushner over the reform effort and his numerous attempts to block the process were thoroughly reported at the time.Through an associate, Sessions declined to comment on Kushner's book. Amid Sessions' efforts to block the legislation and try to dissuade conservatives…
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27Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price
Ex-Trump Justice official Clark faces legal disciplinary charges

Ex-Trump Justice official Clark faces legal disciplinary charges

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Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Politics PMN News PMN Crime Author of the article: Article content WASHINGTON — Legal licensing authorities in Washington announced on Friday they have filed disciplinary charges against Jeffrey Bossert Clark, a former Trump administration Justice Department official who tried to get himself appointed as attorney general to help promote Donald Trump's false election fraud claims. Clark, who is now also facing a federal investigation into his conduct, is accused of attempting to “engage in conduct involving dishonesty” and attempting actions “that would seriously interfere with the administration of justice,” according to a petition filed by the DC Bar's Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The ethics charges, dated June 29 and received by…
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04Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price
Thousands of federal inmates still await early release under Trump-era First Step Act, advocates say

Thousands of federal inmates still await early release under Trump-era First Step Act, advocates say

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Thousands of nonviolent federal prisoners eligible for early release under a promising Trump-era law remain locked up nearly four years later because of inadequate implementation, confusion and bureaucratic delays, prisoner advocacy groups, affected inmates and former federal prison officials say.Even the Biden administration's attempt to provide clarity to the First Step Act by identifying qualified inmates and then transferring them to home confinement or another form of supervised release appears to be falling short, according to prisoner advocates familiar with the law.The Department of Justice was tasked with carrying out the law through the federal Bureau of Prisons, but the bureau director, Michael Carvajal, a Trump administration holdover, announced his retirement in January amid criticism of a crisis-filled tenure marked by agency scandals. No replacement for Carvajal has been named,…
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