Archives
August 02, 2024
Feature
- Liberal high court majority unifies to strike down adopt and amend
- Former Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker sues university over his firing
- More than half of Americans mistakenly think they have a right to an attorney even in civil cases
- Daily Briefs
- ABA News . . .
Business
- Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.73%, lowest level since early February
- Number of Americans filing for jobless claims hits highest level in a year
- CarShield to pay $10M to settle deceptive advertising charges
- LinkedIn is bullish on AI. Will that help job seekers?
- Don’t crack your nest egg: Can you afford to cook up an interest-only retirement plan?
Column
- Politicians count subsidy chickens before they hatch
- JD Vance’s selection as Trump’s running mate marks the end of Republican conservatism
- Harris brings joy to the presidential campaign - and GOP mockery of ‘laughing Kamala’ is nothing new to Black women
Courts
- Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors’ financial adviser $400k
- In an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, Schumer introduces the No Kings Act Senator: Congress has constitutional authority to check Supreme Court’s decision
Nation
- NYC’s latest crackdown on illegal weed shops is finally shutting them down
- Inmate sentenced to more than 4 years in prison killing of Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger
- Two couples drop wrongful death suit against IVF clinic, hospital
- National Roundup
State
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