Archives
January 06, 2026
Column
- LEGAL PEOPLE
- COMMENTARY: Judicial Protection Act will help provide more safeguards for judges
- COMMENTARY: ‘A what’s in it for me?’ becomes the norm with current presidential policies
- COMMENTARY: Defense secretary proves very adept at talking out of both sides of mouth
Feature
- No expiration date: Businessman passes bar exam after the age of 50
- Firm participates in Oakland County Foster Closet’s 2025 holiday initiative
- Teen eyes law school after simultaneously earning high school and college diplomas
- High court schedules January oral arguments
- Year end criminal law update provided online by OCBA
State
- Meeting & mixer hosted by State Bar section January 29
- Association to visit Zekelman Holocaust Memorial Center
- Associations to discuss ‘Anxiety at Work’
- Nominations now open for State Bar of Michigan’s highest awards
- ‘Growing Your Client Base’ discussed
- Law school alumnus endows scholarship to empower future leaders
- Challenging evidence in litigation discussed online
- ‘PSC Best Practice Series’ continues online January 22
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
