http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Tue, 22 May 2012 15:42:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are 800 million Facebook users; 100 million on LinkedIn.  And there are billions of users worldwide on social media sites.  Social media is the future of e-commerce, laid out Rob Holmes, of IPCybercrimes.com, during a recent American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law panel. But social media and law ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/05/social-media-and-your-brand-be-proactive-act-fast/ An effective antitrust compliance program does not mean everyone in the company becomes a legal expert, said moderator Kathleen Beasley, of Haynes & Boone LLP, at a “General Counsel Roundtable on Compliance” program, in recapping thoughts from the guests.  Rather, it means that there is an atmosphere, a culture of ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/04/culture-access-and-training-all-critical-to-antitrust-compliance-program/ Aileen M. McGill, a 2010 graduate of University of Pennsylvania Law School and a second-year litigation associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in New York City, displays the plaque she received as winner of the 2012 Bert W. Levit Essay Contest, sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/04/new-york-lawyer-wins-aba-professional-liability-writing-award/ For the first time ever, an American Bar Association commission will formally honor lawyers who have considerably advanced lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in the legal profession and successfully championed LGBT legal causes. The ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity is taking nominations of exceptional ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/03/stonewall-award-will-honor-lgbt-advancements-in-the-legal-profession/ A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, if enacted, could be the "death knell" for federal court consent decrees to which state or local governments are parties, according to the American Bar Association, which is recommending its defeat. H.R. 3041, the Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act, "would permit state and ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/aba-urges-defeat-of-anti-consent-decree-bill/ [caption id="attachment_23936" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="From left to right: Gloria Santona, Michele Coleman Mayes and Denise Keane."][/caption] A panel of women corporate lawyers told a standing-room-only audience of women lawyers at the ABA Midyear Meeting program, “Visible Invisibility,” to be visible, bold and present, in order to excel in positions of leadership. Although ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/panel-of-wisdomwomen-corporate-lawyers-share-strategy-and-insight-for-success/ [caption id="attachment_23673" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, co-chairs, Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System"][/caption] “We all accept the premise that one branch can’t kill the other off,” said Covington & Burling LLP partner Thomas Barnett—but politicians, judges and lawyers at the American Bar Association’s Task Force ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/task-force-finds-court-underfunding-still-a-crisis-business-partnership-an-opportunity/ “There is no target in the U.S. that cannot be successfully attacked today,” said Stewart Baker, talking about cyber security.  Baker is a partner at Steptoe & Johnson and served as a panelist at a program on the issue at the American Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting in New Orleans. The Standing ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/law-firms-prime-targets-of-cyber-attacks/ Albuquerque, N.M., Program Receives 2012 ABA Alexander Award [caption id="attachment_23544" align="alignright" width="175" caption="Heidi Nesbitt, director of Pre-Law Summer Institute for American Indians and Alaskan Natives "][/caption] When the Pre-Law Summer Institute for American Indians and Alaska Natives started in 1967, its leaders could only locate 25 Native American attorneys in the country.  ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/pipeline-diversity-program-honored-for-exemplary-leadership-in-diversifying-law-profession/ ESI stands for “electronically stored information,” but, in effect, the “E” also means “evidence,” noted Illinois lawyer discipline counsel Wendy Muchman at an ABA Midyear Meeting session Feb. 3 on e-discovery, public records and metadata sponsored by the ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division. As such, the panelists said, lawyers ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/understanding-esi-concept-scope-imperative-to-effective-client-representation-say-aba-panelists/