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December 12, 2014
Feature
- International intrigue: Butzel Long attorney focuses on the faraway
- New lawyers join the bar
- Wayne Law charity drive doubles goal, brings in 600 pounds of food
- Programs across state aim to help mentally ill residents prior to entering court system
- Firm acts as City of Detroit's bond counsel
Nation
- Supreme Court to hear Louisiana death row appeal
- Federal judge gives U.S. deadline in CIA leak trial
- Woman at center of 1961 Supreme Court case dies
Column
- MY TURN: The lighter side of going to court
- COMMENTARY: Look up, Americans, it's not as bad as you think
- MAY IT PLEASE THE PALATE: Bar scheeze
Business
- Millions of Americans have unpaid medical bills
- Morgan Stanley paying $4M to settle SEC charges
- Mayor says challenges remain after bankruptcy
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
