Archives
February 11, 2025
Feature
- New members join ranks of OCBF Fellows for 2025
- Bench/Bar Conference hosted March 7 in Pontiac
- President welcomed
- Bar associations gather for Feather Bowling Mixer
- Straker Bar to host Marvel Movie Fundraiser February 16
State
- Virtual ADR Spring Series starts March 6
- Levin Center celebrates 10-year anniversary
- Firm, ACC-MI to conduct community outreach
- ‘Introduction to Non-Fatal Strangulation Prosecution’ offered online
- Law school to host 109th Law Review Symposium March 7 in Detroit
- Schneiderman & Sherman expands to include Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio
- Kitchen aid
- Law professor to discuss ‘Lawyers, Guns, Pleading’
- Virtual Guardianship Probate Training announced
- Misconceptions with child support calculations discussed
- Oakland County to host VTM Michigan 2025 in Pontiac, April 23-24
Column
- LEGAL PEOPLE
- COUNSELOR’S CORNER: The beginning and the end
- GETTING TO KNOW: Elizabeth Janovic
- COMMENTARY: Black History Month - The origins and the celebration
- COMMENTARY: Could Gaza turn out to be the new ‘Riviera’ of Mideast?
- COMMENTARY: Selecting the arbitrator – process and considerations
Nation
headlines Oakland County
- Attorneys sharpen courtroom skills at inaugural program
- Nessel announces $45 million multistate settlement over deceptive practices on Cash App
- Small business bankruptcy filings increase 50% year-over-year in first half of 2026
- New course helps court employees connect daily work to public trust
- Pro bono pioneer to receive 2026 ABA John H. Pickering Award
headlines National
- ABA connects death row inmate to pro bono attorneys who help free him
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- 2 judges suspended in separate cases after being indicted on criminal charges
- Convicted ex-judge gets $5K fine but no prison time in immigration case
- Ohio governor signs bill prohibiting foreign litigation funding
- Many small firms collect payments faster than BigLaw counterparts, new data shows




