A soon-to-be-closed prison in Standish, Mich., and a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., are being considered as possible sites to hold and try Guantanamo detainees.
When an attorney representing the city of Detroit suggested two separate settlement agreements to document an $8.4 million pact resolving police whistle-blower litigation and keeping secret racy text messages between…
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled on behalf of a minister jailed for violating his probation by writing that the judge who oversaw his trial would be subjected to…
The first of a series of legal ethics hearings has begun concerning five attorneys involved in a controversial $8.4 million settlement by the city of Detroit over police whistle-blower litigation…
The Ave Maria School of Law claims in court papers that three former professors suing the school were ministerial employees, making the Catholic institution exempt from…
A Michigan Supreme Court split 4-3 issued a one-sentence order allowing a woman who called 911 after being shot to sue the operator who thought the woman was making a…
Stepping up to the plate to deal with an electronic communications issue that has plagued courts throughout the country recently, the Michigan Supreme Court has issued a new rule requiring…
Detroit City Council Pro Tem Monica Conyers has pleaded guilty today, admitting to a federal judge that she took bribes in connection with a $1.2 billion Synagro Technologies contract the…
Responding to increased client demand for help with condemnation and eminent domain proceedings initiated in the nation’s capital, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski has opened a new part-time…
A West Bloomfield, Mich., man who a federal prosecutor described as “the world’s most notorious illegal spammer” has pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering.
As lawmakers across the country draft and pass legislation that requires insurance companies to pay for autism treatments, a Michigan insurance company has opted to settle with 100 families seeking…