The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion that provides guidance for disclosure and confidentiality rules when a lawyer moves ...

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The ABA Center for Innovation is a place for collaborative and creative thinking about transforming the US justice system. We believe the intersection of law and technology affords the profession a ...

The American Bar Association calls on the United States to reverse its decision not to participate in its upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council. This ...

Better contract drafting leads to fewer disputes. Fewer disputes means happier clients. In this fifth edition, Kenneth A. Adams has updated and expanded his valuable guide by more than 70 pages of new ...

Stare Decisis—a Latin term that means “let the decision stand” or “to stand by things decided”—is a foundational concept in the American legal system. To put it simply, stare decisis holds that courts ...

Disability Pride Month celebrates disabled persons embracing their disabilities as integral parts of who they are, reclaiming visibility in public and interacting fully with their disabilities out in ...

Why are sports so deeply rooted in the shared values, norms, and institutions of a society, no matter which country it is?

In complying with her Rule 1.1 obligations, a lawyer who engages lawyers or nonlawyers to provide outsourced legal or nonlegal services is required to comply with Rules 5.1 and 5.3. She should make ...

The US Court of Appealsdismissed an appeal of the June 2025 ruling in Purl v. Department of Health & Human Services on September 10, 2025, signaling the end of ...