Beginning Jan. 1, a rejecting party’s liability for actual costs under the case evaluation court rule will include a reasonable fee for attorneys representing themselves or their firms.
Source link
Lawyers representing self or firm can get attorney’s fees from rejecting party as case evaluation sanction
Governor Appoints Joan Larsen to Michigan Supreme Court
Larsen has served as a professor and special counsel to the dean for student and graduate activities at the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to that, she served as deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, where she provided advice to the White House, the attorney general, and government agencies regarding constitutional and statutory law.
She earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law, where she served as articles editor of the Northwestern University Law Review. After graduation, she clerked for the Hon. David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court.
“I have practiced law, taught the law, and enforced the law,” Larsen said in a statement. “Public service has always been my calling. I look forward to serving the people of Michigan by faithfully interpreting the constitution and laws of our great state.”
Posted by Samantha Meinke
Judge rejects portions of Ambassador Bridge lawsuit fighting Gordie Howe bridge project
A judge on Wednesday dismissed several portions of Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel “Matty” Moroun’s lawsuit against the federal government, but his fight to build a second span to Windsor continues.
Source link
Law firm entitled to all fees after attorney departed
After an attorney left a law firm’s employment, the firm could collect the entire fee in a matter that was settled while the attorney was still working at the firm, the Michigan Court of Appeals has decided.
Source link
Insurance – Entitlement to sanctions for frivolous pleading waived
Plaintiff waived its right to move for sanctions by ignoring the trial court’s order to provide the court and defendant a list of costs and attorney’s fees incurred by defendant’s refusal to arbitrate a matter that admittedly should have been arbitrated.
Source link
Obituary: Michael E. Scharrer, 71
The Frankenmuth attorney was employed by General Motors for 53 years and ran a general practice in Birch Run.
Source link
Divorce lawyers tell Supreme Court why ‘value-added’ fees are allowed
Attorneys should be able to collect value-added fees at the end of a divorce case because the client can always reject them, practitioners told the high court. But the Attorney Grievance Commission maintained they are unethical contingency fees.
Source link
Attorneys tell Supreme Court: ‘Disfavoring’ unpublished opinions is a bad idea
Amending the Michigan Court Rules to “disfavor” using unpublished opinions in appellate briefs will have many unintended — and negative — consequences, lawyers from across the state told the justices at a recent public hearing.
Source link
Professional Responsibility – Client file transfer did not end firm’s legal representation
A law firm’s transfer of client files to another attorney did not end the firm’s legal representation because additional “professional services” were performed and billed after the transfer.
Source link
Obituaries: John H. Bauckham, Ann Kavanaugh Mandt, Howard J. Osborn, Edward E. Schilling
Bauckham helped establish the Michigan Townships Association, Mandt was a registered nurse who handled medical-malpractice cases, Osborn patented the first hang glider, and Schilling was a patent attorney for Dow Chemical.
Source link