Archives
September 12, 2011
Column
- Legal View: The twilight of false-marking suits against patent owners
- Taking Stock: Avoid TIPS, dump Yahoo and pick up Dominion
Feature
- Detroit lawyer authors chapter for appellate law practice guide
- Michigan attorney now earning his doctorate at the sports academy
- My Turn: Memories still vivid for survivor of attacks on 9/11
- Belafonte delivers lecture at Keith Center for Civil Rights
- Daily Briefs, September 12
- Legal People for September 12
Nation
Courts
- Washington, D.C. Congress sends patent overhaul bill to president Bill is first significant change in U.S. patent law since 1952
- Oklahoma Jury awards former auto dealership owner $65.4M for fraud New dealers began operating vehicle kiting scheme to get money from banks
State
Business
- Technology Twitter to show more ads, still biding time on IPO
- Pharmaceutical FDA advisers recommend approving anticlotting drug
- Real Estate Mortgage rates lowest in decades, but few qualify Record-low rates have done little to energize depressed home sales
- Of Mutual Interest Utilities funds deliver gains in declining market
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