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May 24, 2023
Feature
- Electronic ballots for 2023 State Bar Elections mailed
- Whitmer signs extreme risk protection order legislation to keep Michigan communities safe
- Justice Bernstein returns in-person to Michigan's top court
- Charges dismissed against ex-public works official in Flint, Michigan, water scandal
State
- Michigan has increased need for people to care for children as state marks Foster Care Month
- Appeals court rules Warren city council president can complete term
Nation
- Council pauses move to make pre-admissions test optional for law school
- Socrates found not guilty in mock trial
- Justice Dept. Office on Violence Against Women announces national protocol for intimate partner violence medical forensic examinations
- Supreme Court won't hear dispute over California law barring sale of foie gras
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
