Embattled Detroit councilman ordered to appear before discipline board
The rule for suspended lawyers is simple: If your license is suspended, you can’t practice law. You can’t even call yourself a lawyer.
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Lawyers, judges fire it up with annual grilling contest
Who doesn’t want to see a half-dozen attorneys and judges battle one another over hot coals? At the annual Bench Bar Culinary Challenge, that will be a reality — though the coals will be confined strictly to the grill.
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Attorney for Sen. Virgil Smith calls his ex-wife the obvious aggressor
The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office charged state Sen. Virgil Smith with four crimes in connection with a shooting incident about 1 a.m. Sunday at the 35-year-old’s Detroit home.
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A little help, please …
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to define certain terms in the Video Rental Privacy Act, to help the appeals court decide whether to certify a class-action lawsuit against an Internet-based music provider.
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18 St. Louis-area moms seek decades-old hospital records amid baby-selling probe
Eighteen women suspect a long-shuttered St. Louis hospital sold their babies decades ago after telling them their newborns had died, and on Monday sought the help of a St. Louis attorney who represents a woman who was reunited with her 49-year-old child last month.
School board member's racially-charged Facebook post prompts cultural training
An Ypsilanti Community School board member made comments about the new U.S. Attorney General that prompted the school board to move forward with cultural proficiency training.
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Jury must decide if attorney negligently represented client
The Michigan Court of Appeals has reinstated a client’s legal-malpractice claim, saying the jury must determine whether the lawyer gave the client appropriate advice about the effect of a settlement on workers’ compensation benefits.
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Governmental Immunity – Dissent would find insurer was city’s agent for sidewalk injury suit
From the dissent: Not only would an attorney likely infer that the insurer was acting as defendant’s agent, but a serious ethical concern arises here.
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Judges, past and present, gather for Court of Appeals golden anniversary
Current and former judges, as well as the legal community, celebrated 50 years of the appeals court at a special session on April 30.
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Sanctions proper, but vacated for no details of how calculated
Even though the plaintiff was properly sanctioned for asserting a frivolous argument, the award must be vacated because the trial court did not explain how it calculated the attorney’s fees that were included, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.
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