FTC's Long Winning Streak Ends

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • FTC's Long Winning Streak Ends • Debo Adegbile Gets Committee Approval for Civil Rights Post • Motorola Solutions Connects With New Top Lobbyist • Judge Skeptical of Injunction Blocking Delay of D.C. Attorney General Election • Banks' Bill in FHFA Cases: $9 Billion and Counting • Justices Asked to Define 'Mentally Retarded' in Death Cases FTC's Long Winning Streak Ends The Federal Trade Commission's 19-year winning streak is over. The agency's four commissioners ruled today in a split decision that pipefitter McWane Inc. did not collude to fix prices in the water works fittings market. Read More » Debo Adegbile Gets Committee Approval for Civil Rights Post The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the nomination of Debo Adegbile to run the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, despite objections from Republicans for his appellate work on behalf of a convicted killer. Read More » Motorola Solutions Connects With New Top Lobbyist Robert Hoffman is stepping down as the top lobbyist at the Information Technology Industry Council to dial up lobbying efforts for Motorola Solutions Inc. Read More » Judge Skeptical of Injunction Blocking Delay of D.C. Attorney General Election A District of Columbia Superior Court judge expressed skepticism today about an attempt to block the D.C. Council's decision last fall to delay the city's first election for an attorney general. Read More » Banks' Bill in FHFA Cases: $9 Billion and Counting The latest blockbuster settlement was announced late Tuesday, when Morgan Stanley revealed it would pay $1.25 billion for selling faulty mortgage-backed securities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read More » Justices Asked to Define 'Mentally Retarded' in Death Cases Freddie Lee Hall sits on Florida's death row for the 1978 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant. He should not be executed because, he claims, he is "mentally retarded." Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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