Cyberattacks: Computer Warfare Looms as Next Big Conflict in International Law

May 1, 2012 10:10 AM CDT

What Is the Role of Lawyers in Cyberwarfare?

May 1, 2012 10:00 AM CDT

Physicist Uses Expertise to Beat Traffic Ticket

A Southern California physicist has used his deep understanding of physics to beat a $400 traffic ticket. Dmitri Krioukov, who teaches physics at the University of California at San Diego, wrote a four-page paper to the judge explaining how the ticket he had been given defied the laws of physics,…

Apr 16, 2012 8:05 PM CDT

Not Rocket Science: NYC Atty’s Business Method Patent Lowers Satellite Investment Risk

Apr 1, 2012 9:40 AM CDT

Life from Death Row: Inmates Want to Donate Organs, But State Disagrees

Apr 1, 2012 9:00 AM CDT

Panelists: Web Branding Should Assure Potential Clients You Can Meet Their Legal and Nonlegal Needs

Want to expand your Web presence beyond your basic website? Here are a few tried-and-true techniques, courtesy of Jeff Lantz, an Oro Valley, Ariz.-based lawyer and website developer, and Robert Ambrogi, a lawyer, journalist and legal technology expert from Rockport, Mass. Lantz and Ambrogi offered several practical and ethical tips…

Mar 30, 2012 6:48 PM CDT

A Sampling of Smart Litigation Management Tools

In today’s world, lawyers who don’t embrace the latest technology are not only shortchanging their clients and themselves. They may soon run afoul of their ethical obligations as well. That was the central premise behind an ABA Techshow presentation Thursday on new technologies that can enhance a lawyer’s practice without…

Mar 29, 2012 4:45 PM CDT

Counterterrorism Officials to Hold Data on Citizens for Up to Five Years Under New Guidelines

Attorney General Eric Holder has approved new guidelines that allow counterterrorism officials to hold data on U.S. residents and citizens for up to five years, even when there is no suspicion of terrorism. Previously the limit was 180 days, according to the Washington Post, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal (sub.…

Mar 23, 2012 11:27 AM CDT

Texas Justices Consider Whether Inmate Deserves Freedom Because of Pedophile ID by Swimsuit Test

The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a 29-year-old inmate should be freed because jurors were misinformed about the effectiveness of a test that identified him as a pedophile at the age of 16. Michael Arena contends the test is junk science and improperly influenced his 20-year sentence for sexually…

Mar 2, 2012 3:14 PM CST

Good Cop, Bad Citizen? As Cellphone Recording Increases, Officers Are Uneasy

Mar 1, 2012 9:40 AM CST

Defense Lawyers Cite New Arson Research to Challenge Convictions

Defense lawyers armed with new research about arson fires are challenging convictions, including that of an Ohio death-row inmate. Lawyers for Michael Webb say he was convicted based on arson science that is no longer believed to be valid, the Associated Press reports. They argue that the 1990 fire that…

Feb 1, 2012 3:07 PM CST

Letters: Twitter Time?

Feb 1, 2012 10:50 AM CST

Claiming Conflict, Google Seeks Pepper Hamilton’s Disqualification in New Client’s Patent Case

Contending that Pepper Hamilton’s representation of a new tech client creates a conflict that it was never informed about, Google Inc. is seeking to disqualify the law firm from continuing to represent Digitude Innovations LLC in patent infringement matters. The law firm has done work for Google, starting in 2008,…

Jan 31, 2012 8:11 PM CST

An Arresting Development: Courts Split Over DNA Testing for Those Merely Charged with a Crime

Jan 1, 2012 9:20 AM CST

DC Officials Admit Using Personal Email Accounts for Work Purposes

Two top officials in the District of Columbia’s financial office have admitted using personal email accounts to conduct official business. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi testified in a deposition last month that he “occasionally” uses his personal email account for office purposes, the Washington Post reports. Gandhi’s chief of…

Dec 13, 2011 10:28 PM CST