An assistant state attorney general who blogged about a gay University of Michigan student was properly fired for misconduct and cannot collect unemployment benefits, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

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A widow did not have standing to bring breach of fiduciary duty and negligence claims against the attorney who was her husband’s guardian and conservator, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

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Chief Judge Michael J. Talbot cautions lawyers that the messages, including one labeled “pretrial notice,” are not from the court.

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Governor Rick Snyder appointed Judge Paul J. Bridenstine to the Ninth Circuit Court and Christopher Haenicke to the Eighth District Court in Kalamazoo County. Judge Paul J. Bridenstine has served as chief judge of the Eighth District Court since 2000 and will be replaced by Haenicke. Judge Bridenstine will move into the seat vacated by Judge J. Richardson Johnson. Prior to serving on the bench, Judge Bridenstine served as assistant prosecuting attorney with the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office from 1992 to 2000. In addition to serving on the bench, Judge Bridenstine teaches political science at Western Michigan University. He has…

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The attorney for a carjacking suspect beaten while handcuffed is gearing up for a legal fight. Andrew Jackson Jr.’s attorney says that it isn’t the first time one of the officers has been accused of police brutality.

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The probate court’s reduction of a personal representative’s attorney’s fee request was reasonable under the circumstances.

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David Miller suffered serious injury when chair collapsed while he reached for a dropped pencil, lawsuit says.

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The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a circuit court ruling stating that Andrew Shirvell’s termination as an assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan and the denial of his claim for unemployment benefits did not violate the constitution. The circuit court’s order held that “there was competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record to support that there was just cause to terminate Shirvell and properly held that the termination was not arbitrary or capricious.” Shirvell was fired in November of 2010 for using state resources to maintain a blog attacking the first openly gay student body…

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Although the probate court correctly held that the personal representative of an estate could be held personally liable for attorney’s fees incurred for matters that did not benefit the estate, the court incorrectly imposed an attorney’s charging lien on the personal representative’s share of the estate proceeds.

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With depositions, both sides — the questioning lawyer and the witness’s counsel — should think carefully about routines like admonishments: whether and when to do them, and how to prepare for and respond to them.

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