Lawyers are increasingly called on to handle matters for their clients that involve multiple jurisdictions both here and abroad. These lawyers face difficult choice-of-law problems when confronting ethics issues, particularly…
At least 15 states allow foreign lawyers to make limited, special appearances before U.S. courts, but until now the ABA Model Rule on Pro Hac Vice Admission did not address…
Foreign lawyers would have limited authority to serve as in-house counsel in the United States under a resolution approved on Monday by the ABA House of Delegates.
ABA President-elect Nominee William C. Hubbard of South Carolina told the ABA House of Delegates on Monday that the association must reach out to younger members…
The wording in the Model Grand Jury Charge for federal courts should be changed to recognize the principle that a grand jury is not bound to indict in every case…
Sometimes the ABA takes positions on controversial issues on which everyone need not agree, according to ABA President Laurel G. Bellows. The association’s stance on gun violence is one of…
A resolution approved on Monday by the ABA House of Delegates provides guidance for an ABA amicus brief in a Supreme Court case on the patenting of isolated human genes…
Chief Justice Myron Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court addressed the ABA House of Delegates on Monday in a speech moved to the beginning of the session so he could…
The ABA Nominating Committee on Sunday confirmed its selection of William C. Hubbard, a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Columbia, S.C., as the…
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