A resolution calling on governments to consider extending their statutes of limitation for child sexual abuse has won approval from the ABA House of Delegates.
A change to the ABA model rules recognizes the need to disclose limited client information for conflicts checks before law firms merge or lawyers move to new employment.
Lawyers who move to a new state can practice there for up to a year while seeking admission under a new model ethics rule approved Monday by the ABA House…
The ABA House of Delegates addressed lawyers’ ethical duties when using outsourcing in changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct approved Monday.
Online marketing tools for lawyers are addressed in revisions to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct approved Monday by the ABA House of Delegates.
Corrected: Outgoing ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III emphasized the association’s commitment to law students and young lawyers in a speech to the ABA House of Delegates Monday morning.
Law schools must disclose more consumer information on their websites under changes to accreditation standards concurred in by the ABA House of Delegates Monday.
Most illegal aliens detained by the Department of Homeland Security should not be held in jails or jail-like settings, according to new civil immigration detention standards adopted Monday by the…
A resolution asking the ABA House of Delegates to reaffirm its stance against nonlawyer ownership of law firms was so controversial that 92 people filed so-called “salmon slips” asking to…
A new study on why federal judges retire, resign or take senior status has its authors worried about an increasing judicial exodus in the coming decades.
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