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ADR SPOTLIGHT: Encourage early-stage mediation to build your practice and help families

July 1, 2022

By Lisa Taylor For those attorneys who thrive only when they are enmeshed in the combat of litigation, this article is not for you. Although I have been an attorney for over 30 years, I became a full-time mediator 14 years ago to focus on settlement ...

MY TURN: Cooley celebration brought back fond memories from afar

July 1, 2022

On the Summer Solstice, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School marked its 50th year since being chartered as a legal institution of higher learning. Last Tuesday's celebration at the Lansing campus of the law school, which at one time was the ...

LEGAL PEOPLE

July 1, 2022

Collins Einhorn Farrell PC is pleased to announce that attorney Leza Elias has joined the firm's General & Automotive Liability Practice Group. Her practice focuses on no-fault auto cases, product liability, and personal injury litigation. Prior to joining ...

COMMENTARY: 'Clearly Established' rule makes overcoming qualified immunity nearly impossible

July 1, 2022

By A. Vince Colella Recently, federal courts have demonstrated a dangerous trend of circumventing basic 4th Amendment rights by misinterpreting the "clearly established" law requirement in its analysis of qualified immunity cases. As a basic premise, ...

OFF THE PRESS

July 1, 2022

The new, second edition of "The Startup Visa: Key to Job Growth and Economic Prosperity" by immigration attorney and activist Tahmina Watson appears just as the U.S. re-emerges on the world economic stage and strives to regain a leadership position in ...

ADR SPOTLIGHT: Encourage early-stage mediation to build your practice and help families

July 1, 2022

By Lisa Taylor For those attorneys who thrive only when they are enmeshed in the combat of litigation, this article is not for you. Although I have been an attorney for over 30 years, I became a full-time mediator 14 years ago to focus on settlement ...