Opening Statements

The Eyewitness

Alan Beaman and Thaddeus Jimenez may not be familiar names to most Americans, but John Maki believes they should be. The men, who were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit, were exonerated through the help of innocence projects.

Mar 1, 2010 10:40 AM CST

Water-lawgged

Water rights and sustainable water use are emerging as major environmental law issues, yet many lawyers are never schooled in the scientific, social and cultural aspects of water resources that some say are needed to achieve viable solutions.

Mar 1, 2010 10:30 AM CST

Ring-a-Ding

We’ve all gotten a chuckle when a cell phone blares a ringtone at a meeting or in a quiet elevator, but does that scenario constitute a public performance?

Mar 1, 2010 10:20 AM CST

Stock Advice

Though the news has been dominated by stories of wealthy investors losing millions in Ponzi schemes, plenty of limited-income investors have also lost money in bad and fraudulent investments.

Mar 1, 2010 10:10 AM CST

Keeping Up with the Kunstlers

Demonstrators picketed their Greenwich Village home. Bullets came in the mail. Their father opened packages in the basement lest they contained explosives.

Mar 1, 2010 10:00 AM CST

We Can Work It Out

As traditional media dwindles, fewer journalists than ever are covering the courts. But that doesn’t mean the courts aren’t being covered. Thanks to social media, blogs and Twitter, user-generated content is surging.

Feb 1, 2010 9:50 AM CST

Soy Vey!

Prison life isn’t supposed to be easy. But should it make prisoners sick? That’s the central question in a novel federal lawsuit filed last year over the soy-laden diet the Illinois state prison system serves to prisoners.

Feb 1, 2010 9:40 AM CST

See for Yourself

Nowadays, finding a lawyer is as easy as a few keystrokes and a click of the mouse. But that doesn’t make the hiring decision any easier. Birmingham, Ala., lawyer Lew Garrison thinks he has developed the perfect solution: LegalTube.com.

Feb 1, 2010 9:30 AM CST

Philly Payback

They sported Yankee pinstripes, but they weren’t feted by a ticker-tape parade or handed keys to the city. Still, this team was most welcome when they arrived in New York to honor their end of a losing bet on the World Series.

Feb 1, 2010 9:20 AM CST

The Results Are In

More than 3,000 readers registered to vote on ABAJournal.com for their favorite law blogs in our third annual Blawg 100. Here are the popular choices in each of the 10 categories:

Feb 1, 2010 9:10 AM CST

The Age of Innocents

Barney Brown should have listened to his mother that fateful day in 1970 when she told him to stay home while she was at work.

Jan 2, 2010 4:50 AM CST

Patent Pending

A plan to help some federal judges wade deeper into the pool of patent cases is awaiting U.S. Senate approval—just like it has for two congressional sessions.

Jan 2, 2010 4:40 AM CST

Like All Good Things ...

In the decades before attending law school became a prerequisite to practicing law, it was relatively common for states to grant “diploma privilege” to those who did graduate—requiring their bar exams only for those who did not.

Jan 2, 2010 4:30 AM CST

Good Rx for Employers

If you thought keeping your office swine-flu-free was all you needed to worry about this flu season, you may be headed for a rude awakening. Labor and employment attorneys are fielding an epidemic of questions from clients about how to best inoculate themselves against liability regarding their office policies about…

Jan 2, 2010 4:20 AM CST

Civil Obedience

It probably comes as no surprise that the youth of today know little about the civil rights movement: the 1963 “children’s crusade” in Birmingham, Ala., or the desegregration of Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas or the role played by a 15-year-old African-American girl.

Jan 2, 2010 4:10 AM CST