The ABA is voicing concerns over several announced Internal Revenue Service proposals that it fears could undermine the protections afforded by the attorney client privilege and attorney work product doctrine.
The American Bar Association is opposing a provision in a House defense bill that authorizes the Pentagon inspector general to investigate lawyers for Guantanamo detainees for suspected misconduct that interferes…
A memo issued last week by attorney general Eric Holder to prosecutors issued new guidelines giving prosecutors more flexibility in charging decisions and sentencing recommendations, saying that “equal justice depends…
On Wednesday, the Ohio State Bar Association Jury Instructions Committee approved jury instructions that warn panel members about improperly getting information regarding a trial from outside sources—including Twitter, Facebook and…
The rats kept scurrying through Idrissa Munu’s home in Washington, D.C., for several years, even after he killed three with a baseball bat and took them in a plastic bag…
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