Law/Legal Issues News
05/20/12 The assessment Michigan drivers pay for medical benefits to those severely injured in vehicle accidents is going up by $30 a year on July 1. Proponents of two bills to change Michigan's no-fault insurance law doubtless hope that will be an incentive for legislators to act.
05/20/12 Michigan's new rules allowing the sale of amped-up fireworks could result in a popping Fourth of July holiday sales season for large and small retailers around the state.
05/13/12 Eberspaecher North America's price dispute with a tier-two supplier won't affect its ability to receive parts, at least for now.
04/29/12 A few days ago, there was a great big story in The New York Times about a lot of alleged bribery and corruption on the part of Wal-Mart de Mexico and its conduct in Mexico.
04/29/12 Blowing the whistle early on securities law violations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can benefit an employee who finds wrongdoing, but opinions differ on just how much it benefits government regulators and prosecutors taking action against the offending company, panelists said last week at Crain's General & In-House Counsel Summit.
04/27/12 Henry Baskin, a high-profile attorney and chairman of the Oakland University board of trustees, will not contest one of the misconduct allegations involving a past romance with a client and next month could face a brief suspension from practicing law.
04/26/12 Election campaigns for the Michigan Supreme Court need more oversight, less partisanship, greater campaign finance disclosure and accessible information for voters if they are to remain elections at all, a panel of attorneys and other business professionals has found.
04/25/12 Blowing the whistle early on securities law violations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can benefit an employee who finds wrongdoing, but opinions differ on just how much it benefits government regulators and prosecutors taking action against the offending company, panelists said today at Crain's General & In-House Counsel Summit.
04/25/12 DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge has been asked to dismiss a lawsuit involving a T-shirt maker's use of the "Imported from Detroit" slogan made popular by Chrysler's 2011 Super Bowl ad featuring rap superstar Eminem.
04/23/12 Fujikura Ltd. on Monday became the fifth Japanese automotive supplier to reach a plea agreement in Detroit with the U.S. Department of Justice to allegations of price-fixing during the previous decade, and will pay a $20 million fine, Justice's Antitrust Division announced.
04/16/12 Dozens of law firms have taken on clients in a federal price-fixing crackdown that the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division calls the largest in its history — but few are local, and fewer still are positioned for a prominent role in the most visible cases.
04/13/12 I'm more than a little sheepish about the egg on my face this week. But I'll own it, completely.
04/09/12 DETROIT (AP) — A former home for wheeling and dealing is steadily being transformed into a place for protecting and serving.
04/08/12 Efforts by general counsel attorneys and their departments to manage corporate legal costs appear to be tied to a year of widespread attrition in Detroit law firms that serve as outside counsel to many of those companies.
04/08/12 Southfield-based Park West Galleries Inc. has settled or dismissed 31 claims among the nearly 60 buyers who have alleged conspiracy, fraud, breach of contract or unjust enrichment in various lawsuits over artwork the local dealer sells on cruise ships.
04/08/12 Dearborn-based Superior Nissan has been underperforming in vehicle sales, and Nissan North America Inc. has good cause to terminate its agreement with the automaker, a federal judge has ruled.
04/08/12 Mary Massaron Ross, shareholder and head of the appellate practice group at Bloomfield Hills-based Plunkett Cooney PC, joined the winning side in a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on police authority to conduct strip searches.
04/08/12 Former three-term Michigan Gov. John Engler is getting notice for his effort to reshape the conservative Business Roundtable into a more influential lobbying outfit -- by being classic John Engler.
04/08/12 Southfield plaintiff civil litigation boutique 1-800-Law-Firm PLLC could go live with an early version of its planned online legal document generation service within 60 days, founder and CEO Ari Kresch predicts.
04/01/12 Now that a Detroit federal judge has found that prevailing in arbitration against Chrysler Group LLC wasn't a guarantee that former dealers could reopen their old businesses, attorneys say it's a fair bet most of them never will.
03/25/12 It took two court decisions to highlight a way for lenders to pursue the personal bank accounts of some real estate investors whose buildings went into foreclosure.
03/21/12 DETROIT (AP) — Wayne County's former top drug prosecutor has been disbarred in the wake of a perjury scandal.
03/21/12 LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is getting ready to hear oral arguments over who has the power to redraw lines for the Oakland County Board of Commissioners' districts.
03/21/12 DETROIT (AP) — The dispute over civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' estate is set to resume in a Michigan courtroom.
03/20/12 The CFOs of Warren-based St. John Providence Health System and Kalamazoo-based Borgess Health System must appear later this spring for a deposition in a federal antitrust action against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, after a judge this week denied a request to quash their subpoenas.
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