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July 30, 2024
Feature
- Justinian Night
- Supreme court splits to overrule a piece of search-seizure case law
- A federal court approves new Michigan state Senate seats for Detroit-area districts
- Committee issues first ethics guidance on a lawyer’s use of AI tools
- Student Spotlight: Catherine Gagnon
Business
- Federal Reserve is edging closer to cutting rates. The question will soon be, how fast? Rate reduction would amount to a momentous shift and a potential boost to the economy
- Automakers hit ‘significant storm,’ as buyers reject lofty prices at time of huge capital outlays
- Blood test for colon cancer screening is approved by U.S. regulators
- Senators call on FTC to investigate automakers’ sale of driving data to brokers
- How do 9 states get by with no income tax? A tax expert explains the trade-offs they choose
Courts
- Lawsuit targets state’s defiance of law to restore voting rights to those with felony convictions Secretary of State ordered county election officials to not allow those with felony convictions to register to vote in November
- Court Digest
- A parody ad shared by Elon Musk clones Kamala Harris’ voice, raising concerns about AI in politics
Nation
- Can tech help solve the Los Angeles homeless crisis? Finding shelter may someday be a click away
- Takeaways: Inefficient tech slowing efforts to get homeless people off the streets
- National Roundup
- Senate FY 2025 budget proposes increased funding for LSC
State
Column
headlines Detroit
- Innocence Clinic helps exonerate man more than 22 years after wrongful murder conviction
- GOP nominated Supreme Court candidates behind in funding, but hope a message of change can secure victory
- NCSC and partners equip courts to recover from cyber-attacks and disasters
- Detroit murder conviction overturned 22 years later because of police misconduct
- Daily Briefs
headlines National
- Unbeknownst to corporate lawyer, scammers used her name to file thousands of trademark applications
- Judge accuses high-profile law firms of possible effort to ‘gum up the works’
- Lawyer accused of ‘egregious acts of dishonesty,’ gambling with client cash gets disbarred
- Ex-BigLaw partner hit with prison time, $4.2M restitution order in tax case
- Artificial intelligence in the legal field ‘will lead to an exciting evolution in the ecosystem,’ Airia CEO says
- Florida lawyer says she used trust account funds to avoid becoming homeless