http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_22412" align="aligncenter" width="589" caption="Jon Leibowitz, Federal Trade Commission Chairman "][/caption] Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz discussed the agency's law enforcement actions and initiatives Nov. 17 at the American Bar Association's Antitrust Law Section's Fall Forum in Washington, D.C. The conference of antitrust lawyers, government enforcers and scholars also included a discussion ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/11/ftc-chairman-doj-official-keynote-aba-antitrust-conference/ By Rabiah Alicia Burks Oct. 18, 2011 WASHINGTON­– Experts from around the country weighed in on the impact of federal budget cuts on the implementation of the recent healthcare reform at the American Bar Association’s Washington Healthcare Summit in Pentagon City Tuesday. The two­­-day event was sponsored by the ABA Health ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/10/cuts-in-federal-spending-cause-concern-with-the-implementation-of-healthcare-reform/ By Alexandra Buller American Bar Association News June 17, 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for cybersecurity legislation, but the legal and policy issues arising out of cyberwarfare are largely unsettled. So when the American Bar Association assembled a panel of experts on June 13 to discuss recent developments ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/06/cyberwarfare-hard-to-prevent-oversee-and-even-know-who%e2%80%99s-to-blame/ ABA President Stephen N. Zack barnstormed through his home state, speaking to new graduates from law schools at the University of Florida, Florida State University and Saint Thomas University School of Law.  Zack urged young lawyers to focus on just four words: “Equal Justice Under Law,” inscribed above the entrance ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/06/aba-president-zack-to-florida-law-graduates-remember-equal-justice-and-public-service/ How does a U.S. lawyer select an on-the-ground foreign counsel when contemplating an international transaction?  Are the expectations for electronic billing and conflicts check similar in developing nations and Europe, as they are in the United States?  What are some cultural and language issues about which to be cognizant? These topics ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/05/working-with-foreign-counsel-pitfalls-and-successes/ Immediate Past-President of the American Bar Association Carolyn Lamm spoke today at a Washington Foreign Law Society luncheon in Washington, D.C., about her efforts as the ABA’s representative to the United Nations to develop a system of civil responsibility for states that engage ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/05/rape-as-a-tool-of-war-needs-legal-solution-2/ [caption id="attachment_16371" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="(L-R) Russell Sewell and Tom Boller of the Capitol Partners Public Affairs Group , Policy Advisor to the Governor David Werner, State Representative Wendell Willard (R), State Bar of Georgia President-elect Kenneth L. Shigley, Governor’s Executive Counsel Todd Markle, Maloy Jenkins Parker partner Buddy Parker, ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/05/ten-states-exchanging-tactics-to-save-money-and-reform-criminal-justice/ American Bar Association News Service By Kristin Loiacono [caption id="attachment_16130" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Attorney Douglas Spaulding addresses the audience at a Law Day event."][/caption] As holidays go, you likely won't find the words "Law Day" pre-printed on any desk calendars, but for lawyers like Douglas K. Spaulding — who has represented three Guantanamo detainees ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/04/lawyer-for-guantanamo-detainees-nothing-more-powerful-than-federal-courts/ [caption id="attachment_15770" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="From left to right: Onno Hückmann, German General Counsel of Chicago, Linda Klein, chair of the ABA House of Delegates and Axel C. Filges, the president of the German Federal Bar spoke at the kickoff event for the exhibit."][/caption] An important exhibit on Jewish lawyers in Nazi ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/03/american-bar-association-german-federal-bar-host-lawyers-without-rights-exhibit-in-chicago/ [caption id="attachment_15584" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="David Kris, retiring Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice speaks to lawyers at a lunch hosted in his honor by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security. As head of the National Security ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/03/lawyer-liaison-to-intelligence-community-retires/