LANSING, me. – For the fourth time in the state’s history, the Michigan Supreme Court has a female majority. One of these recently sworn women is from West Michigan. There are seven Michigan Supreme Court justices, four of whom are women. I sat down with Grand Rapids’ newly elected Judge Elizabeth Welch to brief her … Read more
By: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff in Michigan Attorney Discipline Board, Opinion Summaries February 5, 2021 If a respondent has committed professional misconduct, the respondent should be disqualified from legal practice and ordered to pay a total refund of $ 7,935. Full access to news articles on milawyersweekly.com is available to Michigan Lawyers Weekly subscribers who … Read more
Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel says US election lawsuits alleging election fraud have crossed the line – and she is demanding that the lawyers behind them be punished. On Thursday, January 28, Nessel filed a motion in federal court for sanctioning attorneys who supported former President Donald Trump and his campaign in their efforts to … Read more
Two men wrongly convicted of murder and released are filing a lawsuit against the local police. George Clark, 49, and Kevin Harrington, 38, both former inmates wrongly convicted of murder and spent almost 18 years behind bars, have teamed up to bring a $ 160 million lawsuit against the city Filing Inkster and two former … Read more
Jan. 18, 2021 – Last week, SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California filed charges against Defendant Rodney L. Stevenson II with wire fraud, postal fraud and money laundering for his operation of an e-commerce website that claimed to have put N95 masks on sale during the current COVID-19 … Read more
By: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Michigan Court of Appeals (unpublished civil), Opinion Digests January 15, 2021 If two defendants were awarded a summary injunction of a plaintiff’s claims for infringement of rights, breach of contract, and willful tort, the verdict on the misconduct claim, which was out of time after the applicable two-year statute of … Read more
Urology professor Mark L. Day allegedly removed frustration over terminating a contract with an Egyptian colleague on whom he had vowed revenge. In a recent lawsuit, a University of Michigan urology professor is accused of “racist, misogynistic and xenophobic” writing against a foreign colleague. The lawsuit, according to The Detroit News, said the University of … Read more
On the last day of 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed law (“HB 5085”) allowing veterinarians to assess the potential therapeutic benefits and risks of using marijuana and hemp, particularly cannabidiol (“CBD”) to discuss. with pet owners. Legal language is sparse, but its legislative analysis explains that HB 5085 aims to make veterinarians “a trusted … Read more
DETROIT – The legal department backing President Trump turns the table as more and more calls and court files have been filed this week for these attorneys to be banned or disfellowshipped from courtrooms – including calls from Michigan’s Attorney General. In the latest report, Wayne County attorney Robert Davis urged the Michigan Eastern District … Read more
President Donald Trump’s attorneys, accused of misrepresenting facts in court, could face professional sanctions in the future, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said this week. Nessel is considering sanctions because she believes a number of pro-Trump attorneys who have filed lawsuits to overturn the election results distorted the facts surrounding the November election and undermined … Read more