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June 06, 2024
Feature
- Cooley Law School hosts 38th annual Distinguished Brief Awards
- Michigan Law hosts annual conference of American Law and Economics Association
- Debt Collection Reform Implementation Toolkit helps courts manage consumer debt cases
- ‘Dictator for a day’ promise portends a dark time in U.S.
- Daily Briefs
Business
- Americans’ retirement ‘magic number’ hits record high
- Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment in possible setback for advocates
- Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks
Column
- 500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures
- Intellectual Property Law: Big Mac battle
Courts
- State legislature is trading its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one
- Company that bred beagles for research pleads guilty to neglect, ordered to pay record $35M fine
- Court Digest
Nation
- Republicans who see Trump conviction as politically motivated vow to ‘indict the left’
- Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls posts bail on first 6 of 26 criminal charges
- National Roundup
- Trump’s case casts a spotlight on movement to restore voting rights to those convicted of felonies
- Big GOP funders sending millions into state’s attorney general primary
- Trump’s rhetoric after his felony conviction is designed to distract, stoke fear and ease the way for an anti-democratic strongman
- Prosecutor asks appeals court to reverse governor’s pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator
- DHS legal chief: AI no substitute for lawyers
headlines Detroit
headlines National
- Judge accused in drive-by shootings has progressive brain disease, court filing says
- Despite lyrics mistake by AI, lawyer wasn’t ineffective for using tech in rapper’s case, federal judge says
- Former Littler lawyer drops California suit against firm, bringing end to departure dispute
- Last-minute election lawsuits may serve political goals, law prof says
- Criticizing plaintiff’s ‘chutzpah,’ federal judge holds lawyer jointly responsible for over $207K in legal fees
- Personal injury firm sues TD Bank after loss in fraud scheme