The insurance company owes a duty to defend the policyholder, but when a conflict of interest exists between the parties, policyholders have a right to select independent defense counsel.

The president recently nominated individuals to serve as special counsel and agency inspectors general, both of which receive ...

President Donald Trump nominated far-right podcast host Paul Ingrassia to lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in bizarre ...

In response to specific problems or issues requiring oversight and regulation by impartial individuals with specialized ...

Smith's position as special counsel differs in key ways from the work of independent counsels who used to operate outside the supervision of the Justice Department and who led significant ...

Carol Elder Bruce, a defense lawyer focusing on white collar criminal cases, was the independent counsel who investigated Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and the deputy independent counsel in the ...

Civil Code section 2860 authorizes the retention of independent counsel in the event a conflict of interest arises between the insurer and its insured. Under the statute a conflict of interest is ...

WASHINGTON — The Congressionally mandated Office of Special Trial Counsel officially stands up today with independent prosecution and referral authority for 13 UCMJ offenses known as “covered ...

“The Attorney General’s authority to overrule the special counsel is critical,” Rosenstein said, “because in my opinion it would be unconstitutional to make a prosecutor fully independent.” ...