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March 29, 2012
Feature
- OCBA UPDATE: Oakland County's Business Court
- Signature Event to benefit law-related charitable causes, April 20
- Having a blast at the Barristers' Ball
- Awards presented by CDAM
State
- Snyder signs bill to fund state retiree benefits
- Lawsuit filed in fatal September helicopter crash
- Some Mich. welfare recipients wrongly cut
- Mich. lawyer's firing over anti-gay remarks upheld
- Michigan high court considers hearing consent deal suit
- Bill could raise more than $100M for Mich. roads
Business
- GM to combine Chevy advertising, hopes to save $2B
- Consumer confidence is roughly flat in March
- Unemployment could stay high according to Fed chief
Nation
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
