A former Morgan, Lewis & Bockius lawyer has been suspended from law practice for failing to inform a tax client about an adverse decision, failing to file a timely appeal, failing to inform the client of a $183,620 tax lien, and signing a false affidavit about his conduct.
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Biden administration can’t use a public health law to immediately expel migrants to countries where they could face persecution or torture.
For lawyers wanting to record video and audio messages–or even podcasts–the speakers in the “60 in 60” session at Techshow offered plenty of suggestions.
As law firms and attorneys rely on artificial intelligence to analyze data, handle client queries and check and review documents and contracts, they have to educate themselves about the tech’s liability risks.
Kemba Smith Pradia was sentenced to 24.5 years in federal prison nearly three decades ago for conspiracy to participate in her boyfriend’s drug activities. However, a cover story in Emerge magazine helped her become a poster child for sentencing reform.
As Russia began its attack on Ukraine in late February, the Ukrainian Bar Association also leaped into action, issuing statements condemning the violence, calling on international leaders to impose sanctions on the Russian government, and mobilizing its members to assist refugees fleeing to nearby countries.
Julia L. Gray, the founder of Paramount Legal in St. Louis, said she has taken steps in recent years to bring her general practice firm from the 1990s to the 2020s when it comes to technology. To keep the momentum going, she decided to attend the ABA Techshow 2022—her first time at the Chicago gathering focused on legal technology.
A federal law that allows a remedy for those illegally subjected to electronic surveillance does not displace the common-law state secrets privilege, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday reinstated the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people, wounded 260 others and led to the fatal shooting of a police officer.
When Sarah Thompson, SixFifty’s vice president of experiential marketing, got on a plane in Utah to head to Chicago for the ABA Techshow 2022 this week, she sent her colleagues on Slack a message along the lines of: “Are you ready for people?”
