Futures Commission Names New General Counsel

AFTERNOON UPDATE Futures Commission Names New General Counsel The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has named Jonathan Marcus as its new general counsel, the agency announced Wednesday. DOJ Grant Management Questioned on Capitol Hill U.S. Justice Department officials took heat over agency's expenses Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where legislators criticized grant programs and questioned spending on air travel and prison purchases during the tight fiscal climate in Washington. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Symposium: Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility Environmental considerations are redefining corporate social responsibility today. Learn what environmental factors are impacting corporate decision-making both domestically and in the international arena at an April 15 symposium hosted by the Environmental Law Society of American University Washington College of Law. CLE credit is available by request. Click here to register. D.C. Bar President-Elect Candidates Pitch Their Candidacies The two lawyers running for D.C. Bar president-elect for the 2013–2014 term, Brigida Benitez of Steptoe & Johnson and Lorelie Masters of Jenner & Block, pitched their candidacy during an election forum Wednesday. Blank Rome Signs to Lobby for Best Buy Best Buy Co. Inc. has hired Blank Rome's lobbying subsidiary to help push for legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from online and catalog retailers located anywhere in the United States. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT		Get the BLT on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Available now in the App Store. If you have Twitter account, you can now follow NLJ Editor in Chief David L. Brown at twitter.com/davidlbrownjr. Follow him for links to key stories and updates from the NLJ newsroom. You can also track news on Twitter from the NLJ's Washington bureau at twitter.com/legal_times.
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