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    June 06, 2024

    Feature

    1. Cooley Law School hosts 38th annual Distinguished Brief Awards
    2. Michigan Law hosts annual conference of American Law and Economics Association
    3. Debt Collection Reform Implementation Toolkit helps courts manage consumer debt cases
    4. ‘Dictator for a day’ promise ­portends a dark time in U.S.
    5. Daily Briefs

    Business

    1. Americans’ retirement ‘magic number’ hits record high
    2. Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment in possible setback for advocates
    3. Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks

    Column

    1. 500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures
    2. Intellectual Property Law: Big Mac battle

    Courts

    1. State legislature is trading its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one
    2. Company that bred beagles for research pleads guilty to neglect, ordered to pay record $35M fine
    3. Court Digest

    Nation

    1. Republicans who see Trump conviction as politically motivated vow to ‘indict the left’
    2. Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls posts bail on first 6 of 26 criminal charges
    3. National Roundup
    4. Trump’s case casts a spotlight on movement to restore voting rights to those convicted of felonies
    5. Big GOP funders sending millions into state’s attorney general primary
    6. Trump’s rhetoric after his felony conviction is designed to distract, stoke fear and ease the way for an anti-democratic strongman
    7. Prosecutor asks appeals court to reverse governor’s pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator
    8. DHS legal chief: AI no substitute for lawyers