By Jane Wester | April 10, 2024
In 1987, Kaufman joined longtime Skadden partner Sheila Birnbaum in a City Bar effort to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to the confirmation of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Justin Henry | April 9, 2024
The New York City Bar Association's professional responsibility committee proposed statewide changes to Rule 5.4 that would allow lawyers to pledge security interests in unrecovered legal fees to non-lawyers, including third-party financers.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | December 1, 2023
A new American Bar Association survey identifies a significant lack of legal aid lawyers in the U.S. assisting the poor, with a great disparity in some states and in rural areas nationwide.
By Jack Womack | November 28, 2023
900 lawyers had signed an open letter condemning the ABA for statements that they said deprived Israel of its rights and suggested moral equivalence.
The American Lawyer | Analysis|Research
By Amanda O'Brien | October 25, 2023
"The differences the data reflects are that mothers are disproportionately not getting important assignments, not being assigned matters with travel, not having sponsors and mentors, and there's a disparity in income particularly as income rises," attorney Roberta Liebenberg, a co-author of the report, said.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | August 8, 2023
The survey sponsored by the National Bar Institute also finds that Black woman lawyers "feel the burden" of having to educate co-workers on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 8, 2023
The formal opinion issued on Wednesday details which intake tasks nonlawyers can handle, but also clarifies which questions from prospective clients must be answered by a lawyer.
By Alexander Lugo | December 21, 2022
A majority of people with mental illness have reported that the holidays tend to make their conditions worse, and attorneys also have to cope with a surge in settlements and closings.
By Dan Packel | October 4, 2022
The bipartisan Enablers Act was introduced in the Senate on Monday. The ABA says the legislation's measures "will undermine the principle of lawyer-client confidentiality."
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | September 12, 2022
Roche Freedman maintains its co-founder didn't violate ethics rules after Kyle Roche was recorded explaining his financial motives for suing the competitors of crypto startup Ava Labs.
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