Archives
August 31, 2011
State
- Effort aims to bring people to Flint, two at a time
- Secretary of State offices will close for Labor Day
- Choice, local control at odds in Michigan schools
- Charges dismissed against local mother in standoff
- Bits of tire added to pavement in Lansing area
- Beginning bankruptcy
Nation
- South, West lead U.S. in marriages, divorces
- Jury finds naval officer guilty in 9/11 fraud case
- Ohio judge sets new trial in 1967 killing
Column
Feature
- Nominations open for Child Welfare Awards
- Wayne Law welcomes new class
- Professor goes to bat for non-traditional families
- Guardianship guidelines
- Holocaust Memorial Center to honor local couple
Business
headlines Oakland County
- Whitmer signs gun violence prevention legislation
- Department of Attorney General conducts statewide warrant sweep, arrests 9
- Adoptive families across Michigan recognized during Adoption Day and Month
- Reproductive Health Act signed into law
- Case study: Documentary highlights history of courts in the Eastern District
headlines National
- Judge is accused of using racial slur, vulgar terms and ‘libtard’ label for employee offended by his comments
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Colorado Supreme Court considers whether habeas petition can free zoo elephants
- 4th Circuit upholds $1M sanction for law firm that tried to ‘sabotage’ federal court’s authority
- Don’t give money to law schools unless they teach originalism, conservative federal appeals judge says
- Average BigLaw partner compensation increased 26% in 2 years, reaching this high-water mark
