Holder Assails 'Stand Your Ground' Laws in NAACP Speech

Headlines • Holder Assails 'Stand Your Ground' Laws in NAACP Speech • ABA May Ditch Law School Student-to-Faculty Ratio Rule • Senate Confirms Cordray to Leader Consumer Protection Agency • Orrick Settles Fee Fight With Doll Maker; Terms Secret • Ford Faces Class Action Over Touch-Screen System Defects • Rwanda Genocide Figure Sentenced for Concealing Her Role • VOIR DIRE: iDivorce • Entrepreneurial? Better Prove It • Foreign Firms Stumble Going Local in Japan • Obama Picks Miami Lawyer for Singapore Ambassador Holder Assails 'Stand Your Ground' Laws in NAACP Speech U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., in a much-anticipated speech before the NAACP annual convention in Orlando, took a strong stance Tuesday against what he called "senseless" state stand-your-ground laws, while continuing his neutral position regarding the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Read More » ABA May Ditch Law School Student-to-Faculty Ratio Rule The committee reviewing the organization's accreditation standards reasoned that determining the true size of a law school faculty is just too complicated, given the number of adjuncts and non-fulltime teachers. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Supreme Court Business Briefing The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Term yielded a number of cases substantially affecting business. Class actions, IP, employment law, and arbitration figured prominently. The MoloLamken Supreme Court Business Briefing succinctly explains the impact of those decisions on the litigation landscape and business environment. Read this analysis from one of the Nation's leading litigation boutiques. Senate Confirms Cordray to Leader Consumer Protection Agency Updated 6:28 p.m. Richard Cordray was confirmed Tuesday as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a deal that smoothed a path for other White House executive branch nominees, but not judicial nominees. The Senate vote—66 to 34—came... Read More » Orrick Settles Fee Fight With Doll Maker; Terms Secret Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has settled a dispute with former client MGA Entertainment Inc. over work associated with a copyright lawsuit against Mattel Inc. over the Bratz doll. No dollar amount was placed on the settlement. Read More » Ford Faces Class Action Over Touch-Screen System Defects The MyFord Touch system, launched in 2010, was designed to seamlessly operate audio controls, global positioning system navigation and climate controls, as well as a Bluetooth device. But Ford chief executive officer Alan Mulally acknowledged that the system has had technology problems. Read More » Rwanda Genocide Figure Sentenced for Concealing Her Role A New Hampshire federal judge sentenced a Rwandan woman to 10 years in prison for unlawfully procuring her citizenship in what prosecutors said was the first conviction based on concealing participation in Rwandan genocide. Read More » VOIR DIRE: iDivorce Breaking up is no longer that hard to do — at least in New Jersey. Plus the Seventh Circuit waxes philosophical in this week's column. Read More » Entrepreneurial? Better Prove It Very few law firms actually behave like entrepreneurs. They take risks with every file they accept, new associate they hire or attorney they elevate to partner, but they aren't truly entrepreneurs because they don't take the types of risk that allow them to develop as businesses. Read More » Foreign Firms Stumble Going Local in Japan Lawyers in the Japanese market say cultural differences and an inability to attract the best local talent has hurt many international firms' efforts to build bengoshi practices and compete with the top local firms. Read More » Obama Picks Miami Lawyer for Singapore Ambassador Kirk Wagar, a top fundraiser for the Obama campaign, specializes in disability claims. Read More »

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