President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted the clemency petitions of 61 federal prisoners, reducing their sentences and providing for them to be freed later this year.
Wearing an ankle monitor is less restrictive than being detained by U.S. authorities. However, even less restrictive alternatives are available to use on Central American immigrant families fleeing extraordinary violence…
An app that takes dictation. A talking doll that’s a goldmine for cyberhackers. A service that preserves social media posts for posterity (or more likely, litigation).
It’s not easy telling an entire state full of colleagues and superiors that they need to move on from a business model that has served their industry for centuries. But…
FaceTime is actually a pretty secure way to communicate. The FBI can access the camera on your laptop without you knowing about it. And lawyers should think twice before storing…
Cindy Cohn was always a compelling choice to give the keynote speech at ABA Techshow. The Electronic Frontier Foundation executive director has been involved in numerous high-profile court…
Fred Rooney loved his first job out of law school—but he couldn’t afford to keep it. His salary at Lehigh Valley Legal Services put his family of four under the…
Is online dispute resolution the wave of the future? Or is it a niche area that will always have applications in certain areas, but won’t be going mainstream anytime soon?
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