Newest Issue - February 2014

These lawyers wind down with amped-up vacations

Features

• Which law firm is the oldest in the United States?
• Meet the chief judge of the nation's most divisive, controversial and conservative appeals court

President's Letter

• ABA offers leadership, advocacy on important issues of policy and law practice

Letters

• Letters: Judy Clarke's work

The National Pulse

• Generic drugs leave a bad taste for patients filing tort suits
• Governors battle to shape the judiciary without merit selection

Business of Law

• Firm size is a key factor in what needs to be done to comply with Obamacare
• 2 handy gadgets for road warriors
• A comfortable retirement requires savvy financial housekeeping
• How correct were predictions about firms' 2013 profits?
• Sustainability network helps law firms go green
• Social media has trade-offs for lawyers

Report from Governmental Affairs

• Bipartisan push is on for sentencing reform

Precedents

• Feb. 1, 1960: Students spark civil rights sit-ins at lunch counters

Opening Statements

• Child actor parlays his connections into an entertainment law practice
• Law prof teaches meditation techniques for lawyers
• Blawg 100 winners' circle of reader favorites

Supreme Court Report

• Did the EPA go too far in regulating greenhouse gases? SCOTUS to decide

Your ABA

• Reciprocity fight returns as lawsuits press the ABA-advocated issue
• ABA Announcements

Obiter Dicta

• Activists try to gain legal personhood for animals and ecosystems

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• Advertisers in this issue

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