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February 14, 2011

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Anderson

I am at a loss to understand this "rule." If the provision is 18 U.S.C. 207(c), then a brief submitted to a *court* is not "a communication to or appearance before any officer or employee of [his former] department or agency."

Court briefs are not communications or appearances to/before DOJ; they are communications to the court.

On DOJ's theory, Tribe could not sue DOJ after leaving its employ, because he would have to serve the complaint on DOJ and that would be a "communication" or "appearance."

Anon

This is a standard rule applicable to all former DOJ employees, and in my experience, all former DOJ employees understand that the precludes appearing on a brief in a matter in which DOJ is involved. That Tribe did not understand that rule is rather remarkable.

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