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MY TURN: Book takes look at a 'Great City' in years gone byAugust 14, 2017By Tom Kirvan Legal News, Editor-in-Chief Earlier this summer, best-selling author David Maraniss returned to his Detroit area roots, appearing at the Community House in Birmingham to discuss “Once in a Great City,” his 2015 book that chronicles ... | ADR SPOTLIGHT: Food for thought ... and for negotiationAugust 14, 2017ADR professionals and experienced negotiators know that food can play an important role in building rapport, establishing connection, and fostering trust between adversaries. Food is ubiquitous at family gatherings, in religious ceremonies, and at diplomatic ... |
MY TURN: A workday worth its weight in goldAugust 14, 2017The byline really should read “Bud Kirvan,” my late father who some 30 years ago wrote a column about an assignment I had given him. The fact that a son would give a father an “assignment” is worth a column itself, but that was only ... | COA rules for parents in grandparenting time caseAugust 14, 2017By Lee Dryden BridgeTower Media Newswires Citing parents’ “constitutionally protected right to raise their children as they see fit,” a Michigan Court of Appeals panel overruled a lower court that granted grandparenting time over the parents’ ... |
Cheat sheet for summer clerks (and supervisors)August 14, 2017Karin Ciano BridgeTower Media Newswires It’s my favorite time of year, when lawyers welcome law students to their offices for a summer of real-world experience. Naturally, that includes real-world writing experience, supervised by more experienced ... | Decanting a trust: Will it age better?August 14, 2017Alexander A. Bove Jr. and Melissa Langa BridgeTower Media Newswires Even estate planners who don’t drink wine (there can’t be many) must by now be quite familiar with the term, “decanting.” The act of decanting occurs when a trustee ... |
