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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
headlines National
- Former judge sentenced to 12 years in prison for using public funds for vacations, personal purchases
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Attorney sentenced to 25 years in prison after taking client money for gambling
- Ex-DLA Piper partner accused of assault by former associate
- Legal leaders shoulder more stress, new survey shows
- Some noncitizens may have Second Amendment rights, federal appeals court says
