Newest Issue - April 2015

100 innovations in law

Features

• Indian tribes are retaking jurisdiction over domestic violence on their own land
• 20 apps to help provide easier access to legal help

President's Letter

• ABA Day is a chance for bar leaders to lobby policymakers on critical legal issues

Letters

• Letters: No excuses

The National Pulse

• State copyright law now gives musicians performance rights
• Kentucky tests new assessment tool to determine whether to keep defendants behind bars

Business of Law

• Drug-offender monitoring comes to the smartphone
• Incubator network boosts Europe's startup community
• When making things free means gaining more interest
• Automation is a threat without human roles, keynote speaker says
• 2014 was a year of gains for law firms
• Making legal services a subscription product can make sense

Report from Governmental Affairs

• Members' involvement is vital in ongoing ABA efforts to lobby Congress

Precedents

• April 11, 1961: Adolf Eichmann on trial

The Practice

• Are legalistic labels a bad habit or a necessity?
• Cyber liability insurance is an increasingly popular, almost necessary choice for law firms

Opening Statements

• This D.C. lawyer coordinated a massive pro bono effort on behalf of Holocaust victims
• Chicago Cubs face a variety of lawsuits over Wrigley Field
• California lawyer's unusual YouTube video leads to awe, ire and clicks
• Data from wearable devices is being eyed as evidence in the courtroom

Supreme Court Report

• SCOTUS to review a handful of cases on the rights of same-sex couples

Your ABA

• When is posting on social media a crime? Panel debates the issue
• ABA House takes on domestic violence, executions at Midyear Meeting
• ABA opposes controversial 'stand your ground' laws
• Leadership slate shows diversity in action at ABA Midyear
• Pact with ABA aims to bolster rule of law in Sri Lanka
• Experts debate line between spanking and abuse
• Human rights 'storm' may hit oil, mining industries
• ABA Announcements

Obiter Dicta

• Wine collector broke laws, paid price; will bottles be 'decanted' down the drain?

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