As part of an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York, GM will reportedly be charged with two felonies.
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GM will reportedly be fined $1 billion for deadly ignition switch
Attorney not entitled to 1/3 of other lawyer’s million-dollar settlement
A lawyer cannot collect a $135,000 referral fee from a fellow attorney’s $1 million-plus settlement because, while the two practitioners discussed a fee, they never contractually agreed on the exact amount, says a Kent County judge.
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Obituaries: Hon. Hudson E. Deming, Hon. Myrtis McDonald Lowery, Howard J. Osborn, Edward E. Schilling, George Demetrios Spanos
Deming was an Eaton County circuit judge; Lowery was the first woman to sit on the Midland County Probate Court; Osborn patented the first hang glider; Schilling was a patent attorney with Dow Chemical; and Spanos was a partner at Burns and Spanos in Petoskey.
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Civil rights attorney named Woman of the Year
The Detroit lawyer whose four-year legal battle led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic June 2015 same-sex marriage decision was named Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2015 “Woman of the Year.”
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Civil Procedure – Treble damages for conversion of attorney’s fees is jury issue
A jury could award treble damages under Michigan’s conversion statute if it finds that the plaintiffs’ former attorney acted with “willful misconduct” by charging fees in excess of the parties’ retainer agreement .
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The 12 steps of mediation, as told by a recovering courtroom addict
After being the kind of attorney who would fight about anything for the sheer ecstasy of the fight, a West Michigan practitioner comes clean.
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State Bar’s action turns short story into a must-read
To the Editor: I have always appreciated Michigan Lawyers Weekly — excellent reporting, good writing, insight and some unique stories you will never read elsewhere. But, it gets better. The recent note in the Aug. 24, 2015, Lawyers Weekly about the State Bar of Michigan’s “Short-Story Contest” was the most intriguing article I have ever …
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Governor appoints Hass to Menominee County Probate Court
Governor Rick Snyder has appointed Dan Hass to the Menominee County Probate Court. Hass has served as Menominee County Prosecuting Attorney since he was first elected to that office in 1988. He has previously served as an assistant prosecutor in Menominee County and as city attorney for Menominee. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Ferris State College and a law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Hass fills the vacancy created by Judge William Hupy. He must seek election in November 2016 to serve the remainder of Judge Hupy’s term, and then in November 2018 for a full six-year…
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Civil Procedure – Client not aggrieved by law firm’s intervention to claim attorney’s fee
The trial court erred by allowing a law firm to intervene in plaintiff’s case to assert a claim for attorney’s fees. However, plaintiff lacks standing to appeal the decision because she was not an aggrieved party.
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Judge OKs class action lawsuit for Flint water customers against city
When he woke up Monday morning, attorney Val Washington had two clients in his lawsuit claiming the city of Flint illegally raised water rates in 2011.
By afternoon, he had about 30,000.
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