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
- Wearable neurotech devices are becoming more prevalent; is the law behind the curve?
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- How will you celebrate Well-Being Week in Law?
- Judge rejects home confinement for ‘slots whisperer’ lawyer who spent nearly $9M in investor money
- Lawyer charged with stealing beer, trying to bite officer
- Likeness of man killed in road-rage incident gives impact statement at sentencing, thanks to AI
