FBA to Focus on Health and Wellness at 2017 Annual Meeting and Convention
The practice of law is oftentimes stressful: the stakes are high, tight deadlines are common, and cases can be emotionally…
State-of-the-Art Justice for Families over Nazi-Looted Art Claims?
As she fled the Nazis, German-Jew Lilly Cassirer was forced to sell “Rue Saint-Honoré, après-midi, effet de pluie” (1897) by…
The Bard and the Bench: Theater to Shed a Spotlight on Shakespeare and the Law at 2017 Annual Meeting and Convention
Lawyers’ love of William Shakespeare is appropriate given that many of the lines from his renowned works are devoted to…
Trial Tactics in Major White-Collar Criminal Cases
It’s been nearly a decade since the financial crisis. Five years have passed since the collapse of the law firm…
President’s Message: Civics Update, Labor & Employment Law, Mentoring, and FBA Leadership
What I Learned From the FBA’s National Civics Program I have spent the last two years devoted full-time to the…
Washington Watch: Trump’s First Waves of Judicial Nominees Emerge
A bounty of federal judicial appointments awaits the Trump Administration, which has methodically begun to announce nominees to the roughly…
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Hosts Law Day Event: “Not to be Forgotten: Legal Lessons of the Japanese Internment
On March 28, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California hosted a Law Day event for more…
Spotlight on Civics Education Events: Spring 2017
Every quarter, the Federal Bar Association shines the spotlight on its chapters, sections, and divisions who have presented activities in…
Litigating Cybersecurity and Defending Privacy Class Actions
The number of class actions filed is on the rise in industries that interface with consumers and collect or handle…
Georgia on My Mind: Inside the 2017 Annual Meeting and Convention
Join the Federal Bar Association in Atlanta, Georgia this September where association members from across the country will meet and…
Washington Watch: Congress Considers Splitting the Ninth Circuit (Again)
Every decade or so, the notion of splitting the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals into smaller circuits stirs up interest…
President’s Message: Federal Litigation Section; Promoting Civics and Service to Others; Creation of the FBA’s Access to Justice Task Force; Civics Success in New York, South Carolina, and Throughout the United States; and the FBA’s Multiple Efforts to Assist Veterans
Federal Litigation Section This month’s issue of The Federal Lawyer concerns federal litigation. As a federal judge, this is a…