Archives
February 27, 2012
Nation
- Bernanke says community banks have strengthened
- Seven states challenge birth control coverage rule
- Post office: Expect big cuts starting in mid-May
Business
- The most basic tax question: To itemize or not to itemize?
- Pace of new credit card accounts picks up in 2011
- Materials sent by banks to bureau must remain privileged, ABA urges
Feature
- Bankruptcy season begins: Will upward trend continue in 2012?
- Visiting judge lectures on Japanese legal proceedings
- Attorneys to be featured at HR summit
- Wayne Law to host talk by U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West
- Patents and local courts explored
- 'Law Day' program conducted at high school in Detroit
Column
State
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
