Unjust system in Syria led to interest in the law
Published: January 21, 2026
Growing up, Leann Hadeed watched her family suffer from an unjust system in Syria.
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Duly Noted
January 21, 2026
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) announced on Nov. 20 that Bonsitu Kitaba-Gaviglio is its new legal director. With the organization since 2016, and deputy legal director since 2019, Bonsitu has been serving as the organization’s interim legal director since the departure of her predecessor, Dan Korobkin, who was appointed to serve as a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals in April.
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Michigan should reject ‘repetitive sickness’ as a bar to physician disability claims
January 21, 2026Law, it seems, is changing rapidly at the state and federal level. It can be difficult to keep up with the transformation of entire areas of substantive law. There is a kind of reordering of things, which includes revisiting established precedents to correct perceived legal errors in prior rulings.
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Get To Know: Grand Rapids tax attorney from Ayar Law
January 14, 2026Attorney Erik VanderWeyden was raised in Grand Rapids and completed undergraduate and law school at Michigan State University. After law school, he moved to Chicago and spent 11 years at a national law firm with a multi-faceted practice including tax controversy, data privacy and cybersecurity, and real estate taxation.
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‘Pantsuits and Lawsuits’ podcast focuses on free speech under fire
January 14, 2026Power concentrates in silence, and lately the silence is spreading. In their latest episode of “Pantsuits and Lawsuits,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes discuss the sweeping pressure campaign against the First Amendment — in briefing rooms, on city streets, and across shrinking newsrooms — with an unflinching look at how intimidation, lawsuits, and funding threats are changing the way America speaks and learns.
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Courts
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State
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Nation
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