Preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for 2024 suggests that the crash fatality rate may have begun to ebb from the high tide of the COVID era. It is still ...

Making connections within the tribal communities in Michigan and nationally has been a challenging yet inspiring and motivational journey filled with many valuable lessons taught by those tribal court ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is causing courts and legislators to reassess basic tenets of copyright law: What level of human involvement in the creation of an AI-generated work makes it ...

In Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive, the Second Circuit began by succinctly defining the issue before the appeals court: “is it ‘fair use’ for a nonprofit organization to scan ...

U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. issued the ruling in Haas Automation, Inc. v. Steiner. Plaintiff Haas Automation has appealed the dismissal. Months after the book hit the shelves, Steiner left ...

First Amendment protections for the press’s newsgathering activities are an underdeveloped area of law. This article posits that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent and controversial embrace of the ...

A listing of key people in the ABA Forum on Communications Law, including the governing committee, committee chairs, liaisons, editors, and Eastern, Central, and Western, Division chairs.

The Solo and Small Firm Committee of the ABA Forum on Communications Law was established in 2024 for media lawyers outside the large, multi-state law firm setting to share best practices, resources, ...

With a shout-out to superstar Ariana Grande, this will be my last Chair’s Column. I thank you for the honor of serving in this role. The past few years have been tumultuous, to say the least. Two ...

A federal judge's new book is giving readers a rare inside glimpse at how a judge determines which prisoners deserve to have their sentences overturned. Without the passage of a key federal law in ...

An insurance bad faith case arises when an insurance company allegedly fails to uphold its duty of good faith and fair dealing. Insurer's claims files may contain privileged information. There is a ...

D&O policies contain several exclusionary provisions. The “capacity exclusion” may be triggered to bar coverage when a board member acts outside of his or her corporate role. In four examined cases in ...