Newest Issue - November 2016

Appeals courts are dismantling stricter voter ID laws

Features

• Who's to blame for poisoning of Flint's water?
• Lead litigation beyond Flint
• Trans-Pacific Partnership raises question: How should governments and corporations resolve disputes?

President's Letter

• Veterans Day offers lawyers opportunity to aid those who protect our rights and freedoms

Letters

• Letters: Bar Tips

The National Pulse

• Lawsuits aim to put iconic folk songs back in the public domain
• Is cyberbullying free speech?

Business of Law

• At TBD Law conference, lawyers share practice innovations
• Uncertainty about Brexit gives UK lawyers a boost
• Cybersecurity insurance is a ‘must have’ for law firms
• Who's afraid of cybercrime?
• For an expert witness, consider reputation, location and cost

Report from Governmental Affairs

• Federal legislation aims to help students who are homeless or living in foster care

Precedents

• Nov. 20, 1998: Kevorkian’s Last Suicide

The Practice

• Lawyer storytellers break free from the clock to deliver persuasive arguments
• Texas lawyers may use competitors’ names in keyword marketing
• Parenthetical Habits: On the use and overuse of parentheses and brackets

Opening Statements

• Firm rolls out wellness coaching and 'emotional fitness' classes for employees
• Lawyer creates heartbreak museum
• New books explore polarization of politics and judiciary
• Partnership makes practice easier for lawyers who have military spouses
• 10 Questions: 'Sledgehammer Shannon' defends workers in sharing economy

Supreme Court Report

• SCOTUS will decide whether Miami can sue banks under the Fair Housing Act

Your ABA

• ABA Announcements
• Lawyer focuses his legal efforts on protecting pets' rights
• LA lawyer blends her enthusiasm for art with a career in the law
• ABA's new Center for Innovation will drive efforts for new methods of delivering legal services

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