Holiday cheer
Published: December 24, 2025
The Eastern District of Michigan Bar Association hosted its Annual Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 10, in the Beaubien Room of the Atheneum Hotel in Detroit.
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Nation
- Resolution issued by ABOTA to uphold judicial independence and the rule of law - December 23, 2025
- Study explores challenges of women attorneys in higher education leadership - December 23, 2025
- ‘Building the Next Generation of Rural Lawyers’ focus of Legal Services Corp. podcast - December 23, 2025
- Supreme Court sides with immigration judges in speech case for now - December 22, 2025
headlines Oakland County
- Holiday cheer
- Nessel announces nearly $150 million settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA and Daimler AG over emissions fraud
- Judge orders U.S. Department of Education to unwind unlawful cancellation of school mental health grants
- Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar names Special Advisory Committee
- Four alerts in Holiday Consumer Protection Campaign highlighted
headlines National
- Former judge sentenced to 12 years in prison for using public funds for vacations, personal purchases
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Attorney sentenced to 25 years in prison after taking client money for gambling
- Ex-DLA Piper partner accused of assault by former associate
- Legal leaders shoulder more stress, new survey shows
- Some noncitizens may have Second Amendment rights, federal appeals court says
