Spencer Fane attorney John Browning recently joined a four-person panel for a virtual half-day seminar presented by the Miami Dade Bar Professionalism Committee.
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04.14.2023 |
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03.06.2023 |
Spencer Fane is pleased to announce John Browning has earned the Texas Bar Foundation’s 2023 Outstanding Law Review Article Award. |
02.27.2023 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning recently honored some of Maryland’s Black legal pioneers in a Baltimore Banner article and at the University of Baltimore Law Forum Symposium. |
02.23.2023 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning gave a summary of “crimes that definitely didn’t pay” in his latest Law.com humor column. |
02.07.2023 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning co-led a live webcast for American Law Institute on January 25 that focused on the proper use of social media. |
12.30.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning provided humorous commentary on some of 2022’s strangest legal battles and news stories in a recent article published by Law.com. |
12.20.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning served as a featured speaker for the University of St. Thomas (UST) Law Journal Fall Symposium on November 4 in Minneapolis. The theme for this year’s UST Symposium was A Roadmap for Law School Modernity: Teaching Technology Competence. |
09.30.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was quoted in a Reuters article about a recent case out of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals that held it is not prejudicial for jurors to decide the fates of Black people from inside a government jury room dedicated to the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in the Giles County Circuit Court in Pulaski, Tennessee. |
09.22.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning shared his thoughts on how judges can remain informed of today’s ever-evolving technology in a recent article published by Government Technology, a print and digital publication focusing on public-sector innovation for state and local government. |
08.25.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently quoted in an American Bar Association (ABA) Journal article on the potential for malpractice claims by the client, legal disciplinary action by the state, and sanctions in a separate case in Connecticut in the latest Alex Jones defamation trial. |
08.16.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently quoted in a Bloomberg Law article on why Alex Jones will likely be unable to take advantage of his legal team’s mistake in releasing his text messages in his ongoing damages trial. |
08.12.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning recently authored an article published in Texas Lawyer on the courage of early legal trailblazers who broke through racial barriers and other major obstacles, as well as his own efforts to right past wrongs. |
08.05.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning has been honored with the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts, which recognizes outstanding work that fosters the public’s understanding of law and the legal system. It is the ABA’s highest honor in recognition of this purpose. |
07.29.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning shared an in-depth look at social media and the First Amendment at the 2022 Western Michigan University Cooley Law School’s Law Review Annual Symposium on July 14. |
06.06.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning recently co-authored an article featured on Law.com that highlighted the challenges of fabricated evidence in the digital age of increased technology in the work environment. |
05.18.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently recognized with the Luther (Luke) H. Soules III Award for Outstanding Service to the Practice of Law by the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas. |
05.04.2022 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently featured in articles in American Lawyer Media (ALM) publications, For The Defense magazine, the Journal of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, and the International Association of Defense Counsel’s (IADC) newsletter. |
12.23.2021 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees for The Texas Supreme Court Historical Society (TSCHS). He will serve in this leadership position through 2022. |
10.28.2021 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently featured in a Daily Journal article, where he was interviewed about his research on counseling and jurors. |
10.19.2021 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently honored by the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) with the Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award, which goes to “the author of the best-written article published this year in the Oklahoma Bar Journal.” |
07.22.2021 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning recently published two articles on historical topics in the Oklahoma Bar Journal. |
06.17.2021 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently appointed as Chair of the Institute for Law and Technology (ILT) Advisory Board. In this leadership position, John will support the organization’s efforts to offer educational and professional opportunities for its members. |
06.03.2021 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently featured in a Business Insider article about a product liability case in California, which could potentially impact the future of Amazon’s, and other similar businesses’, third-party sales models. |
05.20.2021 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently featured in the California Supreme Court Judicial Ethics Committee’s Judicial Ethics Opinion, where his research was cited as authority. |
07.10.2020 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning recently published an article in the Texas Bar Journal highlighting the need for attorneys to exercise proper social media hygiene. |
07.09.2020 |
The Spencer Fane Employee Benefits group recently hosted the two-part webinar series, “Coming Out of Quarantine,” focused on COVID-19-related policy and regulation changes. Attorneys advised employee benefit plan sponsors on a post-pandemic action plan. |
07.02.2020 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently featured in an article for the Texas Lawyer on a universities’ ability to revoke admissions because of offensive content on social. Law.com and the ABA Journal also quoted John in the national news coverage. |
06.15.2020 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently interviewed for an article in the ABA Journal outlining ethics issues attorneys regularly encounter. |
05.26.2020 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently interviewed for multiple articles in explaining the ethics attorneys are compelled to follow when responding to reviews on social media. |
05.18.2020 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently honored by the Texas Bar College, with the Patrick A. Nester Outstanding Achievement in CLE (Continuing Legal Education) award. |
05.08.2020 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning recently published an article in the Texas Bar College Bulletin that spotlights a New York case in which a U.S. Attorney’s Office paralegal was indicted on federal witness tampering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges after having used her work computer to post a threatening video on YouTube. |
04.28.2020 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning recently published an article in For The Defense, a magazine of the Defense Research Institute, addressing ethical concerns the use of artificial intelligence in the work place raise for employment lawyers. |
04.17.2020 |
In April, Spencer Fane attorney John Browning published three humor articles on bizarre and amusing legal news from the last few months. John has written numerous humor legal columns in the past, but acknowledges that we need a bit of comedy now more than ever. |
03.18.2020 |
As a national thought leader at the intersection of technology and the law, Spencer Fane attorney John Browning helps clients across a broad array of industries with the demands of doing business in the digital age. Recently, John published articles on digital censorship, ransomware, and ethics. To read the full articles, please click the headlines below. |
02.17.2020 |
Spencer Fane attorney John Browning was recently selected to receive the award for “Best Legal Article in 2019” by the Houston Bar Foundation. |
12.12.2019 |
Spencer Fane partner, John Browning, was recently quoted in a LegalTech News article on how artificial intelligence (AI) may shape the legal industry. |
11.26.2019 |
Spencer Fane attorneys John Browning and Shawn Tuma will present at the State Bar of Texas Computer & Technology Section’s annual Technology and Justice for All CLE course. |
10.22.2019 |
Spencer Fane LLP is pleased to announce the addition of John Browning and Ryan Cole to the firm’s Plano office. Browning joins as a partner, while Cole will serve as of counsel. Both will be part of the Litigation practice. |