Archives
February 27, 2012
Nation
- Bernanke says community banks have strengthened
- Seven states challenge birth control coverage rule
- Post office: Expect big cuts starting in mid-May
Business
- The most basic tax question: To itemize or not to itemize?
- Pace of new credit card accounts picks up in 2011
- Materials sent by banks to bureau must remain privileged, ABA urges
Feature
- Bankruptcy season begins: Will upward trend continue in 2012?
- Visiting judge lectures on Japanese legal proceedings
- Attorneys to be featured at HR summit
- Wayne Law to host talk by U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West
- Patents and local courts explored
- 'Law Day' program conducted at high school in Detroit
Column
State
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
