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Authority of the Department of Justice to Retain Private Legal Counsel
Department of Justice—Retention of Private Counsel—Authority—Defense of Federal Officials The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/21506/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit