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The ABA House of Delegates decided Monday that the time has come for law firms to put mandatory age-based retirement policies out to pasture.
In addition to recommending that law…
Aug 14, 2007 2:10 AM CDT
As William Neukom takes office today as the ABA’s new president, one of his main goals is promoting the rule of law in the U.S. and abroad.
The gavel was…
Aug 13, 2007 11:47 PM CDT
Lots of folks are complaining these days about the evils of subprime loans and their connection to the record wave of mortgage foreclosures sweeping the nation.
Now, with humongous jumps…
Aug 13, 2007 12:33 AM CDT
Michael Crichton, who fills a rather unique niche in turning science into literary fiction, says the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office goofed in dealing…
Aug 13, 2007 12:12 AM CDT
More than 1,300 people showed up for the 17th annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards Luncheon honoring women whose…
Aug 12, 2007 10:13 PM CDT
Besides understanding that nanotechnology makes small stuff usable and usable stuff small, we need also recognize that what we know about it can fit on the head of a pin,…
Aug 12, 2007 6:36 PM CDT
Updated: The laws of the United States and other nations are increasingly becoming pieces of a larger fabric as they seek to address issues of common interest, said U.S. Supreme…
Aug 12, 2007 3:20 AM CDT
A controversial proposal to limit access to criminal records to make it easier for convicts to find jobs and housing is being withdrawn by the entities that intended to bring…
Aug 11, 2007 10:57 PM CDT
Five years ago last week, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act took effect, giving the government a whole new set of tools to fight corporate corruption.
Its anti-fraud provisions immediately affected public companies…
Aug 11, 2007 9:41 PM CDT
NFL football star Michael Vick gained high praise today from animal rights activists gathered at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco—though it was much like a linebacker ready to…
Aug 11, 2007 8:01 PM CDT
Success didn’t happen the first time James Grippando tried to sell his legal thriller. Or the second. Or the third time. But eventually, Grippando, a former trial lawyer, found an…
Aug 11, 2007 7:11 PM CDT
ABA President Karen Mathis on Friday urged Congress to reconsider changes it made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
President George W. Bush signed a bill on Sunday that gives…
Aug 11, 2007 12:24 AM CDT
Working to diversify the legal profession–which lags significantly behind corporate counterparts–requires, as a first step, talking clearly about the issue. And sometimes anger helps.
Or so Stanley Stallworth found about…
Aug 10, 2007 10:01 PM CDT
Paying attention to the U.S. Constitution and involving Congress in setting American policy on anti-terrorism measures isn’t just the right thing to do, legally. It’s also the best way to…
Aug 10, 2007 8:52 PM CDT
Bright and early this morning, ABA Journal senior writer Terry Carter began taking us behind the scenes at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco with…
Aug 9, 2007 5:51 PM CDT
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