At the recent BookExpoAmerica the entire book publishing industry gathered to share all the new books and products releasing over the coming year, and two distinct trends emerged — both of which are reflected in the products offered in the ABA Web store.
Despite the nationwide backlash against the decision in and the resulting changes in state eminent domain legislation and increased judicial scrutiny, eminent domain remains an important tool in achieving the genuine public purpose objectives
that motivate most redevelopment projects. But the political environment and the legal context within which the potential use of eminent domain for redevelopment will now be considered have changed.
Is it possible to apply property law to virtual worlds? If so, how does virtual property differ from intellectual property? No area of virtual law is more controversial than the application of property law to virtual worlds.
Many donors want to control, to the fullest extent possible, the use of their charitable dollars as part of their estate plans. However, generally, only a complete and irrevocable transfer to charity qualifies for the charitable deduction. Read on to learn how a donor can arrange some “controls” that will not result in the deduction’s disqualification.
With the SEC's first major revision to its executive compensation disclosure rules since 1992, public companies can expect dramatic changes to the form and content of the required disclosure regarding their executive pay practices and decisions. Executive compensation expert Mark A. Borges describes the rules and outlines their implications for annual reports and proxy and registration statements.
As the sight of police dogs grows more common — especially in public transportation centers — questions arise surrounding their use in law enforcement. Are service dogs allowed to bite a suspect? In many cases, the answer is yes, although the dogs are trained to release the suspect upon command. Is a canine sniff equivalent to a search? In most cases, the answer is no.
In the last decade, title insurance products have expanded beyond real property interests. Now there are non-traditional products that insure personal property, international property, ancillary services, and water and mineral rights.
Initially email was the killer app. Now everyone is being buried by email. Lawyers are sending and receiving email from anywhere and everywhere, on a plethora of devices. However, managing email presents many challenges. Sorting, filtering, and storing email is being done in a variety of ways. While a new focus may be the "greening" of the law office and going paperless, many attorneys are still printing out emails for filing and storage purposes.
The U.S. Ocean Commission recognized that it is essential to establish a program for ecosystem-based management of coastal and ocean resources. But what is “ecosystem-based management”? It is a term frequently used, but seldom defined.
Clients and your office want to be constantly tied to you by overnight delivery, e-mail, and fax. Their expectation is that you will use part of your vacation to review documents. If you choose not to be in contact while on vacation, you need to make arrangements as to how your obligations to clients will be fulfilled.
The ABA Book Briefs Podcast is a series of audo interviews, discussions, and readings from ABA Books. Our Feature Podcasts are about 10 - 15 minutes in length and come out once a month. Occasionally we offer Special Podcasts. You can listen to each podcast individually or you can subscribe to receive them automatically when they are released.
In this ABA Book Briefs podcast David Masters author of the ABA Best Seller "The Lawyer's Guide to Adobe Acrobat, Third Edition" discusses how to use Adobe Acrobat 8.0 to effectively manage documents in your office and what features that lawyers will find useful.
ABA Members can now save on the Program on Negotiation's Negotiation newsletter. If you are an ABA Member, in order to receive your special subscription price, please specify the Product Code: 08Z00ABA.
The art of negotiation cuts across contract formation, performance, and dispute resolution. A lawyer should represent clients zealously, but where does such representation cross the line into unethical behavior? May an attorney bluff, exaggerate, or withhold information? May an attorney misrepresent the client's real position or the facts for negotiating purposes? These and other ethical issues will be at the forefront as our speaker explores the ethics of negotiation.
Drawing on her years as a practicing lawyer and her experience as a time management consultant to lawyers, Meg Spencer Dixon presents techniques that are workable in the real legal world of too many meetings, too little time, demanding clients, and constant challenges. The time you spend mastering these techniques will be a worthwhile investment. The audio program comes with an award-winning 30-page study guide (chosen by the Association for Continuing Legal Education for inclusion in its the Best of ACLEA publication in the Executive Leadership category).
In this two-and-a-half-hour program, five experienced trial lawyers share their skills in preparing witnesses. As they explain techniques and methods to use to effectively prepare witnesses, their discussion is illustrated by fourteen short, dramatized vignettes showing excerpts from preparation sessions and deposition and trial testimony. Part I - Techniques That Work (Disposition, Demeanor and Documents) runs 57 minutes and focuses on general witness preparation techniques. Part II - Tricks of the Trade (Perception, Pauses and Precision) runs 46 minutes and addresses how to prepare your witness for the questioning "tricks" of opposing counsel. Part III - Traps for The Unwary (Hearsay, Heresy and Hand-raising) runs 48 minutes and examines ways to improve the manner and method in which the witness responds to questions of various types. Part IV - Bonus: Selected Vignettes runs 7 minutes and consists of selected vignettes from the program, without discussion; it can be used to illustrate issues when preparing witnesses or as part of an in-house discussion on witness preparation techniques.
The role of borrower's counsel in the negotiation, documentation, and due diligence relating to a loan transaction is quite broad and involves very different considerations than representing the lender. This downloadable audio program covers the process as well as practical, legal, and ethical issues for borrower's counsel, including term sheets, loan documents, legal opinions, perfecting security interests, due diligence, closing, and post-closing.
ABA Publishing Practice Essentials - Articles
Now you can have instant access to articles previously available only to members of certain ABA entities. Articles from Litigation, Probate & Property, The SciTech Lawyer, and Experience are available as searchable PDF downloads.
