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October 20, 2011
Feature
- 'Fat Cats & Lucky Dogs': Attorneys pen book about trusts for pets
- Federal Bar's Master Lawyers Committee hosts meeting, Oct. 25
- Wolverine Bar, Straker Bar plan annual law student reception
- Fair connects lawyers with opportunities
- Fits like a glove: 'Detroit 1-8-7' alumna teams with firm to give back to city
State
- Regional leaders announce formation of R-PATH at summit
- Student societies sponsor basketball tournament to benefit Cooley Cares
- Lawsuit filed in death of man subdued with stun guns
- Budget balancing harder in '11 in many local govts
- City of Warren settles rape case lawsuit for $2.8M
- Report shows Great Lakes shipping economic impact
Nation
Business
headlines Oakland County
- Attorneys sharpen courtroom skills at inaugural program
- Michigan tax preparers indicted for conspiring to defraud the United States and preparing false tax returns
- Woman pleads no contest on multiple cases, including embezzlement of $90K from her father
- As the country turns 250, retired judges hit the road to defend judicial independence
- Private mobile home water services provider, president sentenced for falsifying water safety, discharge tests
headlines National
- ABA connects death row inmate to pro bono attorneys who help free him
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- 2 judges suspended in separate cases after being indicted on criminal charges
- Convicted ex-judge gets $5K fine but no prison time in immigration case
- Ohio governor signs bill prohibiting foreign litigation funding
- Many small firms collect payments faster than BigLaw counterparts, new data shows
