http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new American Bar Association ethics opinion discusses a lawyer’s obligations under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct in the context of efforts to deter and combat client-related money laundering and terrorist financing. Formal Opinion 463 refers to the ABA’s 2010 Voluntary Good Practices Guidance for Lawyers to Detect and Combat Money Laundering ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/aba-ethics-opinion-guides-lawyers-obligations-to-deter-clients-money-laundering/ The American Bar Association has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the intellectual property case of Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. PhilipsElectronics North America Corp. and University Lighting Technologies Inc. The ABA submitted its brief, which supports neither party, in response to a request ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/aba-files-amicus-brief-with-u-s-court-of-appeals-in-complex-intellectual-property-case/ The American Bar Association announced today its selections for the 2013 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts, which recognize outstanding work that fosters the American public’s understanding of law and the legal system. This is the ABA’s highest honor in recognition of this purpose, and no more than one ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/aba-announces-2013-silver-gavel-award-winners/ [caption id="attachment_31807" align="alignright" width="125" caption="Lee Goodman"][/caption] The American Bar Association National Task Force on Stand Your Ground Laws held its second regional public hearing recently at ABA headquarters in Chicago. Chicago community leaders and regional stakeholders offered their perspectives on the impact of Stand Your Ground laws, which have ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/national-task-force-on-stand-your-ground-laws-hears-from-chicagoland-activists-and-lawyers-who-fear-proliferation-of-self-defense-laws/ [caption id="attachment_31772" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Supreme Court civil rights litigator Paul Smith (second from right) relates a story about his pro bono service during a panel discussion at the 2013 Section of Litigation Annual Conference. Also pictured (from left) are former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, National Women’s Law Center founder ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/rock-star-litigators-share-how-they-have-made-a-difference-through-pro-bono/ The American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession has chosen five women lawyers to receive its 2013 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. The award ceremony luncheon will take place Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, during the ABA Annual Meeting. The honorees ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/5-women-lawyers-to-be-honored-with-2013-margaret-brent-awards/ [caption id="attachment_31646" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="L-R:  (front) Laurel G. Bellows, president of the ABA; Julie C. Suk, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University and Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School; Rogers Smith, Christopher H. Browne distinguished professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania and Patricia Lee Refo, National Law Day ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/panelists-discuss-constitutional-equality-for-women-at-aba-law-day-program/ [caption id="attachment_31567" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a Q-and-A session with Ronald A. Cass, dean emeritus of Boston University School of Law, during the Section of International Law Spring Meeting"][/caption] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg envisions a day when the U.S. Supreme Court is made up entirely ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/justice-ginsburg-envisions-a-high-court-of-nine-women-justices/ [caption id="attachment_31542" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, addresses the Fifth Annual National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel"][/caption] Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told attendees at a recent American Bar Association meeting that addressing al-Qaida is among the top goals ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/04/al-qaida-boston-bombing-become-top-priorities-for-house-homeland-security-committee/ [caption id="attachment_31493" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="A panel discusses the U.S. drone program during the Section of International Law Spring Meeting."][/caption] The U.S. should have more transparency and accountability in its drone program, particularly the legal basis for the attacks, according to experts who spoke at the American Bar Association’s Section of International ... http://www.abanow.org/2013/04/experts-want-more-transparency-on-legal-basis-for-u-s-drone-program/