Newest Issue - November 2015

How lawyers can turn fear into an ally

Features

• 32 of lawyers' most common fears
• How prosecutors brought down Lucky Luciano
• Debt-buying industry and lax court review are burying defendants in defaults

President's Letter

• Greater diversity and inclusion in the legal profession will help achieve justice for all

Letters

• Letters: Good Times, Good Work

The National Pulse

• Protesters may pay the price when civil disobedience becomes costly
• Chinese companies doing business in the US build barriers to legal remedies

Business of Law

• Trading in IP addresses becomes a lucrative market
• Are lawyers better at evidence collection than tech companies?
• Some big firms are finding profit in commoditized work
• Chinese firms keep a low profile in the US, but ambitions grow
• Half of respondents in legal tech survey have encryption, but less than a third use it
• Mediators find more tools through neuroscience

Report from Governmental Affairs

• Congress should bolster jurisdiction of tribal courts over violence against children, ABA urges

Precedents

• Nov. 5, 1831: Nat Turner tried for slave rebellion

The Practice

• Disciplinary actions against lawyers who commit acts of domestic violence appear to be on the rise
• Is your pronunciation on point? Take this quiz to find out
• Litigation is no laughing matter to your clients

Opening Statements

• These judges are partners in life and on the bench
• Doctors, lawyers and others are collaborating to ensure pregnant women get workplace accommodations
• This lawyer is fighting to extend basic human rights to complex animals
• 'Iconathon' held by the PTO to create symbols for IP concepts
• Kentucky's attempt to keep teens from dropping out of school meets with resistance

Supreme Court Report

• Supreme Court weighs the right to sue an Internet data site

Your ABA

• ABA joins the call for stricter laws regulating private possession of dangerous animals
• Choir of lawyers is a hit at Magna Carta celebration
• ABA Announcements

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