William Hubbard Tuesday became the president of the American Bar Association at its annual meeting in Boston.

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The American Bar Association has named Jason Sengheiser of St. Louis its 2013 National Outstanding Young Lawyer.

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Thanks to Missouri native and new American Bar Association President Jim Silkenat, the ABA’s Board of Governors will meet in Kansas City next summer for the first time in 20 years.

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Thinking about changing a client’s payment arrangements?

Now an American Bar Association committee is spelling out when it’s reasonable — and unreasonable — for lawyers to change a client’s fee terms during representation.

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Many attorneys and law firm marketers have sounded alarms that the American Bar Association’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 is examining legal ethics issues arising from lawyers’ use of Internet-based client development tools.

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The American Bar Association has filed suit in federal court seeking to prevent the Federal Trade Commission from applying a new anti-identity theft regulation to practicing attorneys. The regulation, called the Red Flags Rule, requires businesses that possess sensitive identification ...

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Admit it: No matter how much your legal training groans under the weight of their improbable plots, sensational courtroom antics and fantastic ability to complete investigation, discovery and trial in less than an hour, you love lawyer dramas. With that ...

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The president of the American Bar Association says that courts across the nation are facing potential threats to their independence. H. Thomas Wells Jr. (pictured with recently exonerated prisoner Josh Kezer, center, and Bryan Cave attorney Charlie Weiss, right, whose pro bono representation freed Kezer) said the threats ranged from ballot initiatives to partisan elections to rating systems from special interest groups. Wells was at Saint Louis University School of Law on Monday as a panelist for a roundtable discussion on the independent judiciary.

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You’ve been sued for malpractice. You have lawyer’s professional liability, or LPL, insurance. Your insurer retained counsel to defend you. We’ll examine how the “tripartite relationship” among you, your insurer, and the lawyer hired by your insurer might affect the ...

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American Bar Association President H. Thomas Wells Jr. will be at Saint Louis University School of Law on Monday as a panelist for a roundtable discussion on the independent judiciary. The roundtable is hosted by the Bar Association of Metropolitan ...

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“It is from clients that we can glean probable trends in the legal market. It is client demand for new working practices and new efficiencies that will ultimately incline law firms to adopt new technologies. A few innovative and entrepreneurial ...

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