Newest Issue - April 2013

The Mobile Lawyer

Features

• Unlikely allies join in a push to require warrants for access to digital communications
• Slavery continues to haunt the modern world, but efforts to eradicate it are growing

President's Letter

• Law Day reminds us that we must continue to fight inequality in all its forms

Letters

• Letters: Islam, Women and the Law

The National Pulse

• More unpaid interns say they want to be compensated
• More states see tort limits challenged as unconstitutional

Business of Law

• Reality bytes: New ABA rules require you to get with tech program--like it or not
• Cloudy opinions: Online activities are still in the Wild West of regulation
• 5 tech policies law firms should consider to prep for job departures
• Predictive coding is on the rise in courts
• Lax data security can cost you clients
• Virtual law firm plans to multiply like magic
• Set a schedule to dump useless info

Precedents

• April 3, 1996: The Unabomber is apprehended

The Practice

• What judges really think about the phrase 'May it please the Court?'

Opening Statements

• Legal battles over gardens are sprouting up across the country
• Yale law librarian debunks 'the whole 9 yards'
• Foreclosure attorney wins prize for uncovering 'robosigning'
• Leon Jaworski's name is the first to go as his firm grows
• 71 percent of young people surveyed would favor an individual over an insurance company at trial

Supreme Court Report

• Court weighs whether a prosecutor can use a defendant's refusal to answer a question

Your ABA

• Ethics 20/20 Commission's last proposals draw little dissent
• DA says lawyers should push for change in stand-your-ground laws
• Should hacked firms be cybercops?
• Arab Spring brings no thaw for women's rights
• ABA president-elect confirmed, woman of color next in line
• Gun violence issue surfaces at House of Delegates
• Task force collects ideas on legal education reform
• ABA Announcements
• Lawyers giving back

Obiter Dicta

• Lovely lass learns that looks are litigable

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