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National Law Journal

In Black Farmers Case, Court Tosses Challenges to Denied Claims

Senior Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will not reconsider the denial of hundreds of claims for a share of the $1.25 billion settlement fund in the black farmers discrimination case.
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New Jersey Law Journal

The Legal Landscape of LGBT Rights in the Courtroom

The end of discriminatory attitudes toward gays and lesbians in the courtroom.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

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.
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National Law Journal

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.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Va. Same-Sex Marriage Plaintiffs Fight Class Request to Intervene

The lawyers challenging Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage are fighting a request by class representatives, in a separate but parallel case, to join pending litigation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

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.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dolce v. Suffolk County

Excess Force Claims Summarily Dismissed; Remedies Not Exhausted, Grievance Untimely
2 minute read

Law.com

Justice Department Seeks Budget Increase for Criminal Justice Reform

The White House's proposed $27.4 billion budget for the U.S. Department of Justice would boost spending on the administration's criminal justice reform efforts, the agency said today. President Barack Obama called for $173 million for initiatives that include more state and local prisoner reentry programs. If enacted, the department would get a $122 million increase over the 2014 fiscal year enacted level.
2 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Court Receptive to Police Immunity in Shooting Deaths

Arkansas police, sued for allegedly using excessive force in a car chase that ended with the deaths of the fleeing driver and his passenger, seemed likely on Tuesday to win their claim for immunity in the U.S. Supreme Court—if the justices get to that issue.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ex-Officer to Fight $2.3M Verdict

An attorney for a sheriff's deputy who shot to death the pastor of a Baptist church while working an undercover drug investigation says he will ask a federal judge to set aside a $2.3 million verdict that a jury awarded to the pastor's widow.
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