Archives
April 17, 2026
Feature
- Former paralegal aims high as a Michigan attorney
- Winning edge: Prominent Detroit attorney carves legal niche as a go-to trial lawyer
- Bench/Bar Conference
- Nessel talks more funding for anti-trust litigation, legacy of federal action
- Daily Briefs
Business
- ChatGPT maker OpenAI shifts its focus to business users amid Anthropic pressure
- How Trump’s repeated efforts to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell harm the economy – and make battling inflation harder
- U.S. jobless claims fall last week as layoffs remain low despite global economic uncertainty
- A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone
Column
- Almost everyone agrees that municipal zoning rules are too strict
- Cannabis legalization spurs innovation, but not always in ways that benefit patients or public health
- AI companions can give constant support – but distort ideas about what a relationship really is
Courts
- Court Digest
- Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues
- What to know about the Live Nation verdict and how it could affect concertgoers
Nation
- ‘Out of many, one,’ says a U.S. national motto. What does that push for unity mean today?
- Trump rails against court decision that once again stalls his White House ballroom project
- National Roundup
- Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself 2 weeks before a court deadline to move out
- Strait of Hormuz: Why the U.S. and Iran are sailing in very different legal waters
headlines Detroit
headlines National
- Millions of Americans continue to lack meaningful access to justice. What can be done about it?
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Federal judge hands down $110K penalty against 2 lawyers for AI errors in court documents
- Former adult film actress passes February bar exam in Texas
- Grad sues George Washington University, Ernst & Young after Gaza ‘genocide’ remarks in commencement speech
- Magicians Penn & Teller file Supreme Court brief questioning use of ‘investigative hypnosis’




