Archives
December 17, 2010
State
Business
- Real Estate Home construction up after 2 months of declines Housing starts down 76 percent from peak in January 2006
- Economy Fewer people apply for unemployment benefits
- Economy Broadest measure of trade gap grows to $127.2B
- Real Estate Number of homes taken back by lenders tumbles Even with decline, total number of repossessions for 2010 exceed 980,000
Courts
Nation
- California Greenhouse gases in the Golden State State is poised to adopt sweeping cap-and-trade rules
- Florida Details emerge of school board shooter's turbulent life
- Washington Obama's Plan B Courts may not get last word in fight over health care -- Medicare may offer solution
- National Roundup
Feature
- U.S. files new charges against ex-Mayor Kilpatrick, his dad, and others
- Dores McCree 1920-2010 Retired U-M Law School official left lasting legacy, touched many lives
- Daily Briefs (Dec 17)
- Holiday Lunch with NALS
Column
headlines Detroit
headlines National
- Protecting Attorney-Client Relationships: ABA advocacy helps safeguard the right to effective assistance of counsel
- Did ‘corporate speak’ and PowerPoint lead to complacency at GM?
- Ex-employee sues Sheppard Mullin over cyberattack exposing sensitive personal data
- Ropes & Gray allows more attorneys to count AI testing toward billable hours
- Plaintiff who filed fraudulent case, trashed desktop computer hit with sanctions
- Man who threatened Supreme Court justices avoids prison time
