The unexpected death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb. 13 triggered a wave of eulogies from throughout the legal profession and the political community. But the sudden…
May 1, 2016 12:45 AM CDT
The Roberts court will add a member to replace the late Antonin Scalia.
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Patricia Timmons-Goodson, a former North Carolina Supreme Court justice who currently is vice chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has been nominated by President Barack Obama to a…
China has passed a new law requiring foreign nongovernmental organizations—known as NGOs—to register with police and to find official Chinese sponsors.
The law passed Thursday amid criticism by Western governments…
For 50 years, federal labor law requiring employers to disclose the involvement of consultants in attempts made to persuade employees not to unionize has included a broad exception for attorney-client…
The American Bar Association filed an amicus brief Tuesday condemning a private probation system that jails defendants who are unable to pay their fines.
The American Bar Association says an employee was misguided when he or she offered to publish a book by Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao, and the employee erred again…
The ABA is expressing support for a proposal by the Washington State Bar Association to remove questions about mental health history in its review of bar applicants.
ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 474 (PDF) from the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility addresses the propriety of referral fees, explains that clients must consent to…
Two Republican lawmakers are asking the ABA for “additional clarification” about its decision to withdraw a book offer made to a Chinese human rights lawyer.
Many law firms would be forced to pay taxes on “phantom” income they haven’t received and may never receive under tax reform legislation being considered by Congress, the ABA says…
After an hourly rates client of an insolvent law firm terminates the relationship, can a bankruptcy trustee later claw back some of the future profits earned by the client’s new…
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