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New & Updated Research Topic Guides

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We’ve updated and added to our Discover PLUS Research Topic Guides.

Discover PLUS Research Topic Guides are for those researchers interested in learning more about current legal issues from leading practitioners and experts. We have guides on the JOBS Act, patent trolls, the Supreme Court ruling against Aereo, the use of cell phone records as trial evidence, the tax implications of DOMA and cybersecurity.

See below or check out the Training Center for new and updated Discover PLUS Research Topic Guides.

PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics JOBS Act

PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics Patent Litigation

PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics Aereo

PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics Cell Phone Evidence

PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics DOMA

PLI Discover PLUS Research Topics Cybersecurity

We’ve also started to make our guides into videos.  Click here to watch the first Research Topic Guide video on cybersecurity. PLI Discover PLUS – Research Topic Cybersecurity

Free One-Hour Briefing on Immigration after Windsor

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October 23, 2013, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT

This is a free one-hour briefing in recognition of National Pro Bono Celebration Week!

On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court declared Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, opening a path to immigration benefits for same-sex families for the first time ever. Now that several months have passed, we have a better understanding of what’s proved successful for immigration applicants and what issues remain.

Please join Victoria Neilson, legal director, and Michael Sisitzky, staff attorney, at Immigration Equality, a national organization that advocates for full equality under U.S. immigration law for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive individuals and their families, for a free one-hour briefing. Topics to be discussed include:

• Agency guidance issued since the DOMA decision
• Anecdotes from clients and practitioners: what’s going well and what isn’t?
• Challenging cases and possible strategies
• LGBT family issues that are not solved by the end of DOMA

Register now and don’t miss this important Free Briefing in recognition of National Pro Bono Celebration Week!