Legal managed services providers design, build and staff process-driven systems that efficiently complete legal work. The work’s content often is sophisticated and important to the client’s long-term commercial interests. Yet the volume is too large to be performed cost-effectively by law firm associates and too narrow and repetitive to warrant hiring more in-house lawyers.

Almost half of Americans live in states that have had new and restrictive gun control laws enacted since the slaughter of elementary school children at Sandy Hook. But other states now allow guns in schools and on college campuses.

If courts agree that businesses in the “sharing economy” are technology companies rather than sellers of services—and can invoke arbitration clauses in their terms of service—users of those businesses may have no recourse against civil rights violations.

The advent of proxy servers and mobile access to the internet has made IP addresses less reliable for law enforcement investigating online crimes.

John A. Bingham wasn’t the most prominent Republican politician during the Civil War period; he probably wasn’t even among the top 10. The role Bingham garnered that provides his most lasting legacy: He is the father of the 14th Amendment.

The treaty is a product of the Cold War and primarily addresses concerns of that era, including nuclear war. So for 50 years, the treaty has prevented belligerent nations from putting weapons of mass destruction into space. But space is becoming big business, and commercial interests are putting new pressures on the law of outer space.

There are five international treaties that deal with issues such as arms control, freedom of exploration, liability for damage caused by space objects, exploitation of natural resources in outer space, and more.

A backlog of pending cases has been growing in the immigration courts for more than a decade—reaching more than half a million cases last year. One immigration judge said that in the fall of 2016, some judges were setting hearing dates as late as 2022.