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Texas Chooses Intolerance over Harsher Bigotry
This past session, Texas legislators looked into the abyss and then turned away. But only barely. Texas teetered on the verge of becoming the only state to ban gays, lesbians, and bisexuals from serving as foster parents before the Senate pulled back from an amendment to legislation pending in the Statehouse. Instead of staining Texas as the most intolerant state in the union with regard to the rights of its gay and bisexual citizens, Texas legislators chose merely to give its voters the choice of amending the Texas Constitution to ban civil unions for gay Texans. These two legislative events — the unsuccessful attempt to ban LGBT foster parents and the successful proposal to offer the anti-gay constitutional amendment to a statewide ballot — were among the key civil rights issues before the Texas Legislature this session. In the end, the Texas Legislature chose run-of-the-mill intolerance over wholly unprecedented bigotry. Viewed in that context, it was a victory.
Talton Amendment Against Gay Foster Parents
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.
CLE Shouldn't Be the Only Mandatory Training for Attorneys
Each stage of an attorney's career offers opportunities for a curriculum that addresses both the individual's and the firm's need to drive success.