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ADA Turns 33: Decriminalization, COVID and Online Accessibility Take Centerstage
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Lawmakers and legal pros from around the nation used the 33rd anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to highlight its importance to the disability community and discuss new ways it can continue to protect them.
Read more...AI, H2O Among Hot-button Issues Covered at Denver’s ABA Annual Meeting
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
It is now just mere days before legal intelligentsia from around the U.S. descend upon Denver for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Annual Meeting. The robust agenda features topics ranging from environmental resiliency to the role artificial intelligence will have in the legal landscape. Noteworthy guests, like U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, will also be featured during the six-day-long event running from Thursday, Aug. 3 to Tuesday, Aug. 8.
Read more...SCOTUS Summer Flurry Highlights (Mostly) Conservative Court’s New Groove
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
The breadth of the U.S. Supreme Court’s summer decisions appear to firmly rebuke the liberal agenda and could indicate, unsurprisingly, the conservative court is going to play largely to the back of its baseball card.
Read more...Legal Experts Generate Suggestions As AI Artwork Explodes
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
A team of academics and legal experts published a list of recommendations for lawmakers hoping to get a handle on the explosive generative AI industry as the space continues to confound content creators and legislators alike.
Read more...2023 ABA Pro Bono Award Winners Honored for Work Tackling Hate Crimes, Legal Access
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Four lawyers and a law firm from Seattle were awarded for their outstanding dedication to providing pro bono legal services to those facing prohibitive economic and social hardships.
Read more...The Gender Culture War Rages On In Legislative Chambers and Courts
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Missouri and Texas recently enacted new legislation inhibiting gender-affirming medical options putting them squarely in the middle of the legislative culture war consuming the nation.
Read more...Google, Zoom Murder, the U.N. Among May's Top Verdicts
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
May had a number of interesting verdicts, including cases involving Google, the United Nations, and a murder on Zoom.
Read more...DOJ Takes Contentious Pretrial Detention Dialogue Abroad
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Representation from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) embarked on a three-day trip to Africa to discuss hot-button criminal justice issues like pretrial detention with more than 20 governments on the continent.
Read more...Legal Community Points Spotlight On Mental Health
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
The legal community continues to grapple with a slew of mental-health-related challenges as suicidal thinking, substance abuse and other obstacles threaten the profession. For that reason, during the month of May, which is recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month, legal advocates, law firms and others in the legal community have again taken the opportunity to shed light on the issue and work toward mitigating these dangers.
Read more...Law Day Survey: Lack of 'Civility' in U.S. Governance is Media's Fault
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
A new survey released in conjunction with the annual Law Day celebration indicates Americans see a startling lack of “civility” in the U.S. As such, the 2023 American Bar Association (ABA) Survey of Civic Literacy also found respondents participating in the survey pointed to the media as the chief culprit.
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