School board member's racially-charged Facebook post prompts cultural training
An Ypsilanti Community School board member made comments about the new U.S. Attorney General that prompted the school board to move forward with cultural proficiency training.
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Jury must decide if attorney negligently represented client
The Michigan Court of Appeals has reinstated a client’s legal-malpractice claim, saying the jury must determine whether the lawyer gave the client appropriate advice about the effect of a settlement on workers’ compensation benefits.
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Governmental Immunity – Dissent would find insurer was city’s agent for sidewalk injury suit
From the dissent: Not only would an attorney likely infer that the insurer was acting as defendant’s agent, but a serious ethical concern arises here.
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Judges, past and present, gather for Court of Appeals golden anniversary
Current and former judges, as well as the legal community, celebrated 50 years of the appeals court at a special session on April 30.
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Sanctions proper, but vacated for no details of how calculated
Even though the plaintiff was properly sanctioned for asserting a frivolous argument, the award must be vacated because the trial court did not explain how it calculated the attorney’s fees that were included, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.
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Did that lawyer really do that?
Judges at a Women Lawyers Association of Michigan panel were all too willing to talk about attorney courtroom practices that rile them up — from citing improper case law for attorney’s fees to letting a client represent himself at an arraignment.
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Professional Responsibility – Effective of settlement on workers’ compensation benefits disputed
A plaintiff can get to the jury on her claim that her attorney negligently advised her regarding the effect of her no-fault settlement would have on her receipt of workers’ compensation benefits.
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View transcript from oral arguments in Supreme Court cases on gay marriage
Lawyers presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday in same-sex marriage cases out of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
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