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June 17, 2021
Feature
- Top jurists favor changes to model legal rules
- ACLU of Michigan attorney speaks on history of LGBTQ rights
- Nessel commends Department of Education for initiating action to address inequities in school discipline following AGs' letter
- Marshals Service can't properly track threats against judges
Nation
Business
- Whitmer encourages businesses to enroll in Back-to-Work Incentive, asks legislature to expand program to get more Michiganders back into workforce
- Michigan jobless rate edges up in May
- U.S. Great Lakes-Seaway ports see sharp increases in May as economy continues recovery
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
