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January 12, 2012
State
- Department of State offices to close for MLK holiday, Jan. 16
- Planned Parenthood may open new clinic, judge rules
- Ex-Detroit mayor's federal SkyTel suit tossed
- Man pleads guilty in 2001 slaying at credit union
- Man jailed in Grand Rapids in couple's '88 slaying
- Mich. woman sentenced in granddaughter's slaying
Business
- SEC warns of social media schemes after fraud case
- IRS reviving program seeking offshore tax cheats
- Twinkies maker Hostess seeks bankruptcy protection
Feature
- Brothers sentenced in eatery owner's beating
- January declared as Michigan Mentoring Month
- Lab work: Innovative business program to help diversify the economy
- Top-notch: Firm chairman honored for leadership
- Courts recognize employees at annual event
Nation
- Connecticut law nixing legitimate malpractice lawsuits
- Can you say that on TV? Supreme Court justices debate
Column
headlines Oakland County
- Presidents recognized
- Supreme Court justices tell Congress their safety is at risk and more must be spent on security
- As cyclospora illnesses surge to a record, Michigan officials eye lettuce as a possible cause
- ACLU leader and social justice advocate to receive ABA Thurgood Marshall Award
- Health and Housing Summer Fest hosted in Royal Oak
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




