Archives
February 15, 2013
Feature
- Deft touch: A (Habeas) Chorus Line continues to find comedic formula with each show
- OCBABC's of Practice
- Local entrepreneur named Impact Award winner
- Probate court discussed
- New Lawyers Committee to take on OCBA Board in Bowling Challenge
State
- Courts closed
- Judge rules against Pontiac emergency manager on pensions
- Mich.-created app outlines helmet laws
- MADD, Michigan State Police support 0.08 BAC
- Court rules against teen in dispute over interview
- Schuette casts doubt on impact of juvenile no-parole case
- Judge orders lawyer to remove Facebook comments
Column
- TAKING STOCK: Annuities
- MAY IT PLEASE THE PALATE: Fast, fake Asian soup
- COMMENTARY: New Hague Convention language for orders
Business
- Retail sales rise 0.1% after tax increase
- General Motors posts $898M fourth quarter net profit
- Sun Communities gives 2013 FFO expectations
- Fidelity reports 401(k) balances grew 12 percent
Nation
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
