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January 11, 2024
Feature
- In the Works: Annual Symposium to highlight ‘Experts and Trial Practice’ topic
- MSU Law professor, 3 student co-authors publish in Journal of Digital Legal History
- The trial lawyer’s conundrum with ‘magic words’
- Carl Levin Award for Effective Oversight goes to 4 U.S. Senators
- Daily Briefs
Business
- Polls show U.S. adults across racial groups agree the economy is top priority
- New rule tightens worker classification standards; Uber, Lyft say their drivers won’t be affected
- For IRS, backlogs and identity theft are still problems despite funding boost, watchdog says
- Regulators are set to decide whether to OK a new bitcoin fund. Here’s what investors need to know
- ChatGPT-maker braces for fight with New York Times and authors on ‘fair use’ of copyrighted works
Courts
- To plead or not to plead? That is the question for hundreds of Capitol riot defendants
- Court Digest
- Judge rescinds permission for Trump to give his own closing argument at trial
Column
- LGBTQ+ workers want more than just pride flags in June
- Voters don’t always have final say — state legislatures and governors are increasingly undermining ballot measures that win
Nation
headlines Detroit
- Wayne State University Law School to honor four distinguished alumni and faculty member at 2026 Alumni Wall of Fame ceremony
- Supreme Court aims to increase access for people who cannot afford a lawyer
- Voters had a big win at the Supreme Court this week. What does it all mean?
- Daily Briefs
- Five Michigan Law 3Ls selected for Dow Sustainability Fellowship Program
headlines National
- Lindsay Clancy trial shows how hard it is to prove intent retroactively
- Is there a religious right to abortion? State supreme court will weigh in
- Harvey raises $550M in latest round of funding
- Vanderbilt law students will gain access to AI-powered deposition simulations
- Federal judges’ interns may accept stipends from law firms, ethics panel says
- Former lawyer who pulled gun on ex-wife in restaurant convicted of attempted murder
