Newest Issue - February 2015

How Dewey management's rosy picture masked an ugly truth

Features

• The most dangerous job in law
• Model program brings holistic solutions to divorce

President's Letter

• Early involvement, education are keys to keeping kids on track for productive lives

Letters

• Letters: Support for parents

The National Pulse

• How should states regulate drones and aerial surveillance?
• People with disabilities want the Internet to be more accessible

Business of Law

• Small firms are using data tools for analysis, too
• Young lawyers take flight after incubator programs
• 82 law firm mergers got the green light in 2014
• Courts and judges embrace predictive coding, but is it really fixing discovery?
• Sedgwick ex-chair writes about what he knows in new novel
• Which apps are must-haves? It depends on your practice

Report from Governmental Affairs

• Financial commitment by Congress to address elder abuse issues is an encouraging step

Precedents

• Feb. 20, 1967: Muhammad Ali's appeal rejected by draft board

The Practice

• Going beyond the evidence to spin a story for your jury
• Word choice influences the way jurors understand your argument

Opening Statements

• Distillers are facing lawsuits over 'small batch' and 'handmade' labeling claims
• Legal minds differ on whether The Bluebook is subject to copyright protection
• New project rewrites SCOTUS opinions from a feminist perspective
• 2014's Blawg 100 top vote getters
• Florida company offers 3D printing for demonstrative evidence

Supreme Court Report

• Business-method and software patents may go through the looking glass after Alice decision

Your ABA

• Self-help centers could better serve consumers by helping them find lawyers, survey indicates
• ABA to hold first midyear meeting in Houston since 1981
• ABA Announcements

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