“Appellate Standards: Inspiring Better Lawyering” — “Cynthia Feathers and Tammy Feman address five areas—client communications, conflicts of interests, issues and risks, appellate briefs, and oral arguments—in which the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services Revised Appellate Standards and Best Practices can help Family Court counsel bring their appellate practice to the next level. [read post]

DHS Compiled ‘Intelligence Reports’ on Journalists Who Published Leaked Documents MSN – Shane Harris (Washington Post) | Published: 7/30/2020 The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis disseminated intelligence reports to federal law enforcement agencies and others, summarizing tweets written by two journalists, a reporter for The New York Times and the editor in chief of the blog Lawfare, noting they had published… [read post]