Archives
February 03, 2014
Feature
- Reflecting on diversity in legal profession
- Attorneys Title Agency partners with Habitat for Humanity
- Legal Aid and Defender, Oakland County Bar sponsoring help desk
- Michigan Supreme Court will look at right-to-work law, pension contributions
- Polished and professional: Lawyer coach offers pointers in business etiquette
Column
Nation
Business
- Solid growth brightens 2014 outlook
- Fewer signed contracts to buy homes in December
- Detroit Economic Growth Corp. chief to step down
- Whirlpool reports mixed results in fourth quarter
- Government wants Bank of America to pay $2.1B in penalties for bad loans
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
