1985-1994: The legacy of Nuremberg

Jan 1, 2015 5:00 AM CST

1995-2004: A new millennium

Jan 1, 2015 4:55 AM CST

2005-2014: Technology changes the rules

Jan 1, 2015 4:50 AM CST

Jan. 2, 1920: Palmer raids target immigrants

Jan 1, 2015 12:30 AM CST

These 12 events and inventions which the ABA Journal predates may surprise you (gallery)

As we kick off our centennial year celebrations, we wanted to take a look back at the ways that the world has changed since the ABA Journal produced its first issue in January 1915. After all, when we first went to press, World War I was less than six months…

Dec 30, 2014 9:00 AM CST

Germany OKs prosecution of former Nazi SS guard, now 93

Amidst a waning hunt for Nazi war criminals, a rare prosecution is being pursued in Germany. Authorities in Hanover plan to try former SS guard Oskar Groening as early as April, according to the Daily Mail, the Express and NBC News. Groening says he witnessed atrocities during World War II…

Dec 16, 2014 5:40 PM CST

Woman who won landmark Mapp case on exclusionary rule has died

A woman who challenged a warrantless search of her home, winning a landmark ruling on the exclusionary rule, has died. Dollree “Dolly” Mapp was believed to be 90 or 91 when she died in Georgia on Oct. 31, the New York Times reports. “Even though Ms. Mapp’s name is etched…

Dec 10, 2014 10:35 AM CST

Billionaire’s ex-wife appeals $995M award in divorce case

After 25 years of marriage, a divorce award of nearly $1 billion isn’t enough, says the ex-wife of an Oklahoma oil baron with an estimated net worth of $10.7 billion to $18 billion. So Sue Ann Arnall, a lawyer and economist, has filed an appeal of last month’s ruling in…

Dec 5, 2014 4:50 PM CST

Judge says investigative files for ‘In Cold Blood’ murders can be published by investigator’s son

In 2012, a Kansas judge ruled that records kept by a man who investigated the murder of four family members portrayed in a famous Truman Capote book could not be published, sold or used as the basis for a book. But Shawnee County District Court Judge Larry Hendricks has since…

Dec 1, 2014 5:20 PM CST

Feds say 1789 law requires Apple to help government get encrypted smartphone data

A portion of a 1789 law signed by George Washington requires Apple Inc. to help decrypt information on smartphones and tablets marketed as protected against government intrusion, the feds say. And federal magistrates in at least two states have agreed with government lawyers that, under the All Writs Act, companies…

Dec 1, 2014 4:20 PM CST

ABA initiatives raise public awareness about the Magna Carta’s significance

Dec 1, 2014 12:50 AM CST

Dec. 2, 2001: Enron files for bankruptcy

Dec 1, 2014 12:20 AM CST

After 100 years as tenant under a verbal lease, law firm is moving to another building

Established in 1888, an Auburn, California, law firm has had its offices in the same bank building for 101 years. During that time, as Sinclair, Wilson, Baldo & Chamberlain maintained its real estate and trusts-oriented practice, the firm eliminated the spittoons that were once placed throughout the office for the…

Nov 21, 2014 1:05 PM CST

Attorney Alice Lee, sister of famed ‘Mockingbird’ author, dies at age 103

Alice Lee, reportedly the oldest practicing lawyer in Alabama until recently and the sister of famed author Harper Lee, died Monday after “her heart wore out,” according to a local minister. She was 103 years old. Lee, who began practice in the 1940s in their father’s law office, still was…

Nov 19, 2014 5:45 AM CST

DOJ lawyer who escorted James Meredith to segregated campus dies at 92

Former Justice Department lawyer John Doar, a leader in the battle against segregation, has died at the age of 92. Doar, who led the Justice Department’s civil rights division in the 1960s, accompanied black student James Meredith onto the segregated University of Mississippi campus in 1962, the New York Times…

Nov 12, 2014 8:17 AM CST