Newest Issue - March 2015

Valuing and selling a firm takes time, matchmaker skills

Features

• A new defense approach to storytelling changes capital cases in Texas
• Lawyers who self-medicate to deal with stress sometimes steal from those they vowed to protect

President's Letter

• ABA Rule of Law Initiative helps advance legal reforms in more than 50 countries

Letters

• Letters: Alternative Branding Solution?

The National Pulse

• High school fumbles a last-gasp legal play over playoff game
• Lawyers are dealing with changing rules on college sexual assault

Business of Law

• Law partner creates SheStarts, a group to help female entrepreneurs
• Glut of best-lawyer lists has marketers asking whether they're worth the trouble
• Law school clinics join to help battle patent trolls
• Should law firms seeking a base in Asia set up shop in Singapore or Hong Kong?
• Many small firms face big payment problems
• Tax boards use an online system to resolve disputes

Precedents

• March 9, 1953: A state secrets doctrine is born

The Practice

• Chicago lawyer pieces together a missing couple's story to obtain a court ruling that they died
• Why you should do your own legwork before putting your trust in a client
• Florida Bar restrictions on lawyer ads which cite past results is struck down by federal court

Opening Statements

• Alabamans ready yet another effort to reform the state's supersized constitution
• Why lead guitarist of Blind Melon left music for labor and employment law
• Law enforcement jumps on #WarrantWednesdays trend to help find criminals
• Digital rights group asks US Copyright Office for car-owner exemptions

Supreme Court Report

• Although the ACA is 1,000 pages long, its future may depend on a single phrase

Your ABA

• White paper proposing controls for online piracy makes opponents of Internet regulation see red
• Ethics opinion: It's OK to 'practice' after selling a law practice to assist in the transition
• ABA Health Law Section task force is helping breast cancer patients
• As law school enrollment drops, experts disagree on whether the bottom is in sight
• ABA Announcements

Obiter Dicta

• Satanists challenge local governments over public religious expression

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