Newest Issue - October 2016

Who's the pirate? Lawyers join forces to fight allegedly bogus claims of pay-TV theft

Private lawyers pay armies of freelance investigators to go into establishments and document pay-per-view theft. For a small business, a lawsuit could be a death knell.

Features

• Lawsuits dispute whether the Indian Child Welfare Act is in the best interests of children
• Ex-con fights for prisoner rights and battles censorship

Web Extras

• Anatomy of an extensive default judgment

President's Letter

• The Power of the Ballot: Lawyers need to be at the forefront in encouraging all citizens to vote

Letters

• Letters: More on Movie Types

The National Pulse

• Lawsuit against Dave & Buster's challenges reducing employee hours to avoid health insurance mandate
• New York considers 'textalyzer' bill to allow police to see if drivers were texting behind the wheel

Business of Law

• Litigator's book documents the service of Kansas' Frontier Guard to President Lincoln
• New lawyers get an assist on their student loan debt from their firms
• Law firm helps social workers stay up to date with continuing education classes
• To gain more clients, use social media
• Tips on getting your message across to the media

Precedents

• Oct. 29, 1929: The Great Stock Market Crash shakes the nation

The Practice

• Lawsuits fail to loosen bar admission rules, but issue isn’t going away

Opening Statements

• New documentary 'Balancing the Scales' sheds light on the challenges female lawyers have faced
• Law profs create 4th Amendment warning signs for lawns
• Women in Law Hackathon address compensation, advancement and business development
• How can employers reduce the risk of Pokémon Go?
• 10 Questions: Raj De's career has taken him from 9/11 Commission to White House to NSA

Supreme Court Report

• SCOTUS considers death penalty case in which expert testified race could predict future violence

Your ABA

• ABA House of Delegates discuss diversity, discrimination issues at 2016 annual meeting
• ABA commission’s recommendations seek to close the access-to-justice gap
• Campuses that handle sexual assaults must balance victims' rights, due process
• NAACP's Sherrilyn Ifill: Lawyers must step up in cop-shootings crisis
• 'Internet of things' panel has a thing about security
• TV creators agree: They blur the lines of legal fact, fiction
• Speakers tell personal stories about militarized police forces
• ABA Announcements

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