Holder Announces Shift Against Mandatory Sentencing Laws

Headlines • Holder Announces Shift Against Mandatory Sentencing Laws • ABA Panel Favors Dropping Law School Tenure Requirement • Bulger Convicted on Most Counts; Faces Life in Prison • Fight Continues Over Attorney Fees in BAR/BRI Lawsuit • ABA Signs Off on Sale of Texas Wesleyan Law to Texas A&M • Winning: Top Litigators Tell Their Stories • The Dark Side of Family-Friendly • D.C. Deal Makers of the Year • $20 Million Toyota Trial Centers on Missing Brake Override • Lawsuit Dismissed Against Black Farmers Class Action Lawyers Holder Announces Shift Against Mandatory Sentencing Laws Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. proposed one of the largest overhauls of the country’s criminal legal system on Monday, pushing for “sweeping, systemic changes” in sentencing that could become a centerpiece of his tenure in the Department of Justice. Read More » ABA Panel Favors Dropping Law School Tenure Requirement The American Bar Association's Council of the Section of the Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar on Friday tentatively embraced two plans that would eliminate tenure as an accreditation requirement. Read More » Bulger Convicted on Most Counts; Faces Life in Prison A Boston federal jury found accused mobster James "Whitey" Bulger guilty on Monday of 11 murders and a wide range of racketeering and conspiracy offenses following a trial that highlighted pervasive corruption in the Boston FBI office during the 1970s and 1980s. Read More » Fight Continues Over Attorney Fees in BAR/BRI Lawsuit Objectors to two settlements involving antitrust claims against the makers of the BAR/BRI bar review preparatory course materials have moved to recover their attorney fees, claiming they were instrumental in unraveling the original deals in favor of new agreements that better benefit class members. Read More » ABA Signs Off on Sale of Texas Wesleyan Law to Texas A&M The American Bar Association has given its blessing to the sale of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law to Texas A&M Universit Read More » Winning: Top Litigators Tell Their Stories Some of the nation's best litigators tell how they prevailed in big cases against the odds. Read More » The Dark Side of Family-Friendly Who can argue with part-time or flextime work arrangements? Or paid maternity leaves or extended unpaid leaves? That said, there's a hidden price to be paid for some of those goodies. Read More » D.C. Deal Makers of the Year Washington lawyers tackled some of the most notable transactions in the country last year in an array of industries, navigating complex mergers and acquisitions, real estate deals and project financing. Read More » $20 Million Toyota Trial Centers on Missing Brake Override Jurors in Los Angeles heard opening statements Thursday in the first bellwether trial against Toyota Motor Corp. over acceleration defects. Read More » Lawsuit Dismissed Against Black Farmers Class Action Lawyers Lawyers involved in the high-profile black farmers discrimination litigation defeated a lawsuit brought by an advocate for the farmers who claimed he was promised fees but never paid. The National Black Farmers Association and its president, John Boyd Jr., sued... Read More »

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