Senate Blocks Debo Adegbile Nomination to Head Civil Rights Division

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Senate Blocks Debo Adegbile Nomination to Head Civil Rights Division • Budget Increases Proposed for Federal Agencies • Modest Growth at Crowell & Moring • Tax Official Again Pleads Fifth on Capitol Hill • Obama Raises U.S. Supreme Court at Fundraiser • Kayak Counsel Calls Patent Trolls 'Today's Mafia' Senate Blocks Debo Adegbile Nomination to Head Civil Rights Division The Senate today blocked Debo Adegbile's bid to lead the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice amid questions about how he would work with the major law enforcement groups that vigorously opposed his nomination. Read More » Budget Increases Proposed for Federal Agencies Most independent regulatory agencies would receive modest increases in funding and staffing under President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal year 2015 budget. Read More » Modest Growth at Crowell & Moring Modest growth lifted Crowell & Moring's net profit and its profits per partner in 2013 compared with 2012. The firm focused on investing in certain areas by adding lawyers rather than pushing up profits, Crowell chairman Kent Gardiner said. Read More » Tax Official Again Pleads Fifth on Capitol Hill A former Internal Revenue Service official once again refused to answer questions during a congressional hearing today, and now may face contempt of Congress charges. Read More » Obama Raises U.S. Supreme Court at Fundraiser President Barack Obama told Democratic donors Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court nominations hang in the balance of this year's midterm elections. Speaking at a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser, Obama linked the party's goal—keeping control of the Senate—to a number of policy issues and to who might eventually sit on the nation's highest court. Read More » Kayak Counsel Calls Patent Trolls 'Today's Mafia' The debate over patent lawsuit reform reached a fever pitch in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, with Kayak Software Corp. deputy general counsel Benjamin Berman singling out patent-holding company Intellectual Ventures Management LLC as a problem that Congress needs to fix. Read More »

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