Archives
April 11, 2012
Column
- MAY IT PLEASE THE PALATE: Depositions and a cheesesteak sandwich
- TAKING STOCK: Stick with the devil you know
State
- Analyst says state tourism spending up 8 percent
- Points on public education
- Oakland County improves health ranking for third year in a row
- Schuette orders Internet gambling cafés to close
- Court stays Mich. House spat restraining order
- Snyder signs laws to redevelop fairgrounds
- Federal court dismisses Mich. redistricting case
Business
- Lending to small business stalls according to study
- Oakland County mortgage foreclosures halved for first quarter of 2012
- Bernanke says Fed working on regulatory failures
- Small business owners less upbeat in March says NFIB
Feature
- Legal Aid and Defender to conduct free workshops on small claims courts
- Michigan Law grads blaze their own trail: Pair forms nonprofit practice for creative clients
- Balance examined at ALA meeting
- State Bar to be honored by ABA for its dedication to securing legal aid funding
- Mandatory electronic case initiation for civil cases begins May 1
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
