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Retired Akron Bar CEO C. Allen Nichols reflects on his career
It’s been about 12 years since C. Allen Nichols took on the role of executive director of the Akron Bar Association.
Since then, he’s worked closely with other staff members to manage the organization, retain and increase membership numbers, address changes to the notary process and ensure the association’s smo ... (full story)
Gunboat diplomacy: How classic naval coercion has evolved into hybrid warfare on the water
(THE CONVERSATION) Over the summer, the United States deployed warships to the Caribbean – ostensibly to menace drug traffickers but also as a none-too-subtle warning to Venezuela. Earlier in the year, a U.S. Navy destroyer bobbed along waters close to Iran for similar reasons. And in the Taiwan Straits and Pacific, Chinaand t ... (full story)
10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest
(THE CONVERSATION) What happens now?
That may well be the question being asked by "No Kings" protesters, who marched, rallied and danced all over the nation on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.
Pro-democracy groups had aimed to encourage large numbers of Americans to demonstrate that "together we are choosing democracy ... (full story)
State
Energy Department offers $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across Midwest
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Energy said recently it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation's largest power companies to upgrade nearly 5,000 miles of transmission lines across five states, mostly in the Midwest, for largely fossil fuel-run energy.
AEP Transmission will upgr ... (full story)
Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger spar over abortion in Virginia
PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — Rae Pickett stepped onto Richell Hines' front stoop wearing a pink T-shirt that foretold the case she hoped to make to Virginia voters as she knocked on doors on a sunny Saturday in early October.
"Abortion is on the ballot," it read.
Hines answered Pickett's knock on her Petersburg, Vi ... (full story)
Technology
Survey shows AI use is growing among individual legal practitioners
Interest in learning about and using generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools is growing among individuals in the legal profession.
As Nicole Black explains in her Aug. 28 post on MyCase.com (https://www.mycase.com/blog/ai/ai-adoption-in-law-firms/), the 2025 AffiniPay Legal Industry Report shows 31% of individual practiti ... (full story)