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Key Facts
- National overview: The recovered item is tied to ABA Resolution 118 and is preserved as a 2013 ABA policy record rather than a current legal rule.
- National overview: The ABA cybersecurity overview page says Report and Resolution 118 was adopted at the 2013 Annual Meeting in San Francisco in August 2013.
- National overview: The resolution condemned intrusions into computer systems and networks used by lawyers and law firms.
- National overview: The resolution urged federal, state, and other governmental bodies to examine and amend existing laws to fight those intrusions.
- National overview: The current ABA cybersecurity resources page still lists Report and Resolution 118 among ABA materials.
- National overview: The exact legacy headline and on-page publication metadata for abanow.org/2013/06/2013am118/ were not directly confirmed in this pass.
- National overview: The historical item matters because it shows how the ABA framed cybersecurity threats in 2013, but it does not by itself establish current law.
Last reviewed: May 2026. Legal rules, forms, deadlines, and procedures can change by jurisdiction, agency, and court system.
The recovered TheFirstFile page for 2013-06-2013am118 is best read as an archive recovery item tied to the ABA’s 2013 Resolution 118 material. The confirmed record is historical legal information, not current law.
What the current ABA pages confirm about the 2013 item
The ABA cybersecurity overview page states that Report and Resolution 118 was adopted at the 2013 Annual Meeting in San Francisco in August 2013. The same page says the resolution condemned intrusions into computer systems and networks used by lawyers and law firms and urged federal, state, and other governmental bodies to examine and amend existing laws.
| Record | What the current ABA pages show |
|---|---|
| 2013 frame | Report and Resolution 118 was adopted at the 2013 Annual Meeting in San Francisco in August 2013. |
| Substance | The resolution condemned intrusions into computer systems and networks used by lawyers and law firms. |
| Policy direction | The resolution urged federal, state, and other governmental bodies to examine and amend existing laws. |
| Ongoing reference | The ABA cybersecurity resources page still lists Report and Resolution 118 among ABA materials. |
Why the item mattered when the ABA adopted it
The 2013 language shows the ABA treating lawyer and law-firm computer security as a policy concern with Federal and State dimensions. That historical frame matters because it shows the organization pushing lawmakers and policymakers to examine intrusions as a systemwide problem rather than a narrow office issue. another ABA Annual Meeting archive sits in the same broader archival family.
How the historical record differs from current law
The ABA pages describe a 2013 policy position, not a statute, regulation, or court ruling. Current cybersecurity law depends on the actual source of law in force today, so the archive item is useful for context but not as a stand-alone statement of current legal status.
Why the exact legacy headline is still left open
The legacy ABA Now page for the 2013am118 slug was not directly retrievable in this pass. For that reason, the safer label is the recovered 2013 ABA Resolution 118 record, not a reconstructed headline or publication stamp.
What this recovery adds to the archive
Sources remain limited to current ABA pages and the recovered archive frame, so the historical picture stays narrow and controlled. A related ABA institutional history page, the former Quaker Oats headquarters move article, provides nearby context in the Archives section.
