Archives
March 27, 2020
Column
- COMMENTARY: Digital discrimination and the jury pool? Court policy can cause unintended harm
- COMMENTARY: Nanovirus and the need to embrace 'information age'
- THE ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT: Social engineering - new cyber or been here before?
- ADR SPOTLIGHT: Alternative dispute resolution in a virtual world
- MY TURN: Maxims offer an inside look at a challenge
State
- State Bar site offers links to text of COVID-19 legal documents
- Criminal justice reform advocates join together for virtual Day of Empathy
Business
- Michigan retailers report strong February, brace for March and virus hit
- Nessel warns that online marketplaces are not exempt from price-gouging laws
- Big-ticket orders up 1.2% in February
Feature
- Family Law: SBM section advocates for true dedicated family court bench in Michigan
- OCBA issues call for award nominees for June 4 event
- Courts, counties, and clerks commit to cooperation
- Order suspends filing deadlines in state high court and appeals court
- AG Nessel provides guidance on executive orders violations
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
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Judge accused of using ‘game or jail’ tactic, asserting abuse victims get ‘Super Bowl’ neurochemicals
- Prosecutor gets suspension for invading jury’s ‘inner sanctum’
- Lateral hiring bounced back in 2024, especially for associates in BigLaw, new NALP report says
- Refugee ban can’t be enforced against those who received conditional approval, 9th Circuit says
- ABA, more than 50 bar associations condemn ‘government actions that seek to twist the scales of justice’
