http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Tue, 22 May 2012 15:42:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2012 –The American Bar Association has asked Congress to promptly address the need for increased, reliable sources of revenue for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, whether through authorizing self-funding or other appropriate mechanisms, in a letter to congressional leaders on ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/05/aba-urges-congress-to-authorize-self-funding-for-the-sec-and-cftc/ CHICAGO, May 16, 2012 – Lawyers from corporations, law firms and government will gather from across the nation at Las Vegas' Caesars Place May 24 for the 24th Annual Minority Counsel Spring Program, sponsored by the American Bar Association's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession. The program ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/05/las-vegas-to-host-aba-minority-counsel-program-may-23-24/ WASHINGTON, D.C., May 8, 2012 — The American Bar Association submitted a comment letter on May 4 to the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network opposing language in its advance notice of proposed rulemaking on customer due diligence requirements for financial institutions.  Under the FinCEN proposal, law firms would have ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/05/american-bar-association-opposes-treasury-department%e2%80%99s-proposal-for-law-firms-to-disclose-confidential-information-about-clients/ WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2012 — In an effort to underscore the importance of state court funding, American Bar Association President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III will speak at the Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association’s Law Day program at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center on May 9.  The program ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/05/bowling-green-warren-county-state-bar-association-a-law-day-stop-on-aba-presidential-tour/ WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2012 — The American Bar Association has sent a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, objecting to language in its proposed rule on the “Confidential Treatment of Privileged Information” asserting that the CFPB can force all bank and non-bank supervised entities to submit privileged ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/04/aba-challenges-cfpbs-authority-to-compel-production-of-privileged-information/ WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2012 — The consensus of more than a dozen U.S. Supreme Court and health-law experts responding to a recent online questionnaire was that the justices will rule 6-3 in favor of upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The American Bar Association’s Preview of United States ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/03/court-watchers-predict-6-3-split-on-patient-protection-and-affordable-coverage-act/ CHICAGO, Jan. 4, 2012 – In an amicus brief filed in Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida v. The State of Florida, the American Bar Association offers its conclusions to the Florida Supreme Court on public defender ethical obligations when faced with excessive workloads. The brief takes no position ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/01/aba-offers-conclusions-on-public-defender-workloads-to-florida-supreme-court/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 22, 2011 — American Bar Association President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III urges Leon Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense, in a letter yesterday to rescind a new Guantanamo Bay policy that appears to violate attorney-client privilege.  Lawyers for detainees have reported that communications with their clients are ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/12/aba-urges-department-of-defense-to-rescind-new-guantanamo-bay-policy/ WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2011 – The American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar today announced changes to the annual questionnaire sent to all ABA-Accredited Law Schools.  The changes will require that schools provide additional information on employment and placement of graduates after they receive ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/07/aba-section-of-legal-education-and-admissions-to-the-bar-changes-annual-law-school-questionnaire/ CHICAGO, July 25, 2011 – The American Bar Association on Friday filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the respondents in the companion cases of Blaine Lafler v. Anthony Cooper and State of Missouri v. Galin Edward Frye. The ABA urges the court to ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/07/aba-urges-supreme-court-to-find-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel-at-the-criminal-plea-stage/