JURIST

JULY 14, 2022

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Wednesday declaring that the state will not extradite people who have been criminally charged for any role in an abortion procedure unless required to do so by the US Constitution. In May, a Michigan judge granted an injunction to stop the state’s 1931 law banning abortion.

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JURIST

JUNE 19, 2022

A group of 20 students Friday announced that they had filed a federal lawsuit against Oxford High School in Oakland County, Michigan. Attorney Scott Weidenfeller, who is representing the students, said, “The new school year is about 10 weeks away, and so these families have children that are going back to the school.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Friday upheld a decision by a lower court over attorney fees in the Flint water crisis $600 million partial settlement. The lower court previously approved the settlement and awarded attorney fees to the attorneys representing the class action participants.

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JURIST

MARCH 22, 2022

A federal district judge Monday ruled that former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and four other officials must testify in the Flint water crisis civil trial against several engineering firms. In January 2021, t he Attorney General of Michigan brought two charges of criminal neglect against Snyder for his role in the crisis. .

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JURIST

APRIL 17, 2022

The family of a Black man killed last week by Michigan police Thursday demanded criminal charges be filed. Twenty-six-year-old Patrick Lyoya was stopped Monday, April 4, by Michigan police for an improper license plate. The post Family of Black man killed by Michigan police demand criminal charges appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Michigan Circuit Judge Christina Elmore Friday refused to drop a second-degree murder charge against Christopher Schurr, a former police officer for the Grand Rapids Police Department. A motion was filed by Schurr’s attorneys to quash the district court’s decision to send the case to trial, because of the video evidence.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 12, 2020

“Ex-Trump attorney files legal Hail Mary, asks Supreme Court to review Michigan case”: Dave Boucher of The Detroit Free Press has this report. And Craig Mauger of The Detroit News reports that “ Trump supporters want Supreme Court to review another Michigan election case.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Attorney General of Michigan brought two charges of criminal neglect Wednesday against former governor Rick Snyder for his role in the Flint water crisis. The charges cite violations of section 750.478 of the Michigan Penal Code. Snyder served as governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Michigan Supreme Court Tuesday issued an order that denied plaintiff’s leave for appeal in William Bailey v. ” The district court stated that Michigan’s Constitution does not allow for the independent audit that Bailey requested. .” Antrim County. The appellate court affirmed.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Michigan State Capitol Commission voted unanimously Monday to ban the open carry of firearms within the state Capitol building in Lansing. This decision was motivated by the January 6 attack on the US Capitol , as well as armed protesters storming the Michigan state Capitol building last April.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Director of the Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division Jeffrey Nye informed state prosecutors in a letter Wednesday that the department’s drug tests could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that drivers were under the influence of cannabis, The Detroit Metro Times reports.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 6, 2021

“The legal awards and honors that our attorneys receive are always nice, but they are more meaningful for what these awards and honors represent,” said Steven Gursten, Michigan Auto Law president.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a report on Thursday detailing the alleged abuse of both children and adults within the Marquette Catholic Diocese in the state since 1950. The report contains details of allegations made against 44 priests.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday upheld a district court’s decision to uphold a Michigan mask mandate for young children, rejecting the arguments brought by a Catholic school in Lansing, including that the state mask order violated free exercise of religion.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 8, 2022

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has asked the Michigan Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council, a state agency, to appoint a special prosecutor to consider charges against nine people in connection with an effort to gain access to voting machines after the 2020 election, reports the Associated Press.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2022

A standing committee of the State Bar of Texas filed a Complaint in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas against former president Donald Trump’s attorney Sidney Powell, claiming that she engaged in misconduct by pursuing baseless lawsuits alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 5, 2021

“Justices hear arguments in Michigan case of prisoner seeking new trial”: Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News has this report. Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press reports that “ Michigan attorney to be first Arab American Muslim woman to argue before Supreme Court.” ” And Jordan S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty, according to a plea agreement Wednesday. Garbin, along with Daniel Harris, Kaleb Franks and Brandon Caserta, were members of the Michigan-based “militia” group Wolverine Watchmen.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to unsealed court records, a police chief from Hartford, Michigan, has been accused of taking and selling opioid painkillers from a police collection box intended to get drugs off the streets, News Channel 3 WWMT reports. Chief Beltran has insisted that she is innocent.

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JURIST

JULY 8, 2023

A District of Columbia (DC) Bar Association Disciplinary committee released a report Friday recommending that former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani be disbarred and prevented from practicing law due to his involvement in lawsuits attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Jeffrey and Brandi Franz, the parents of two teenage daughters who attended Oxford High School, one of whom was shot in the neck during the recent mass shooting, filed a pair of lawsuits seeking $100 million each against the Michigan school district, claiming that the violence of that day could have been prevented, reports the Associated Press.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 28, 2022

Ethan Crumbley, 15, who is charged as an adult with murder and other crimes for killing four students at a Michigan high school and wounding six other students and a teacher will pursue an insanity defense as he, his parents and school officials faced a new lawsuit over the attack at Oxford High School, reports NPR.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 2, 2022

A Michigan appeals court opened the door Monday for county prosecutors to enforce the state’s dormant 1931 ban on abortion, the Wall Street Journal reports. The appeals court said the judge who issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement didn’t have jurisdiction over local county attorneys. Michigan Democratic Gov.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 15, 2022

In Michigan, state attorney general Dana Nessel issued a petition filed Aug. The situation in Michigan is similar in that allegedly unofficial and unauthorized investigators sought evidence of fraud by gaining access to voting equipment. Some of those named in the Michigan case has been connected to cases elsewhere.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 16, 2021

Super Lawyers, an attorney rating service that bases its selection of outstanding attorneys on independent research and peer nominations and evaluations, named 11 McKeen & Associates attorneys to its 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for the State of Michigan.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

If the financial fraud or Rico charges had been filed, the state of Michigan faced the potential of hundreds of millions in liability over the KWA bond deal.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 12, 2023

DETROIT – McKeen & Associates announced the addition of four new attorneys to its legal team: Victor Balta; Ariel Kellersohn; Scott Nowling; and Nichole Omilion. Balta, an appellate attorney at McKeen & Associates is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Law and has been practicing law since 2013.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The attorneys--including Sidney Powell and Lin Wood--will have to pay more than $175,000 in legal fees to the state of Michigan and city of Detroit.

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LegalReader

JULY 1, 2022

You must have resided in Michigan for 730 days before filing your bankruptcy case to use Michigan bankruptcy exemptions.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Defense attorneys depict their clients as reluctant puppets entrapped by the F.B.I. deployed at least 12 informants, as well as several undercover agents, some of whom have since been implicated or charged for crimes including domestic violence, perjury, and illegal weapons possession.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The parents of a teenager who killed four fellow students in a shooting at Oxford High School will face trial on involuntary manslaughter charges after the Michigan Supreme Court turned down their appeal today, Ed White reports for the Associated Press. He was allowed to stay.

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LPB Network

AUGUST 26, 2021

District Judge Linda Parker of the Eastern District of Michigan issued a 110-page opinion in King v. Whitmer, imposing sanctions against the plaintiffs and their attorneys in a case brought by supporters of Donald Trump in the wake. Yesterday U.S.

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Law 360

MAY 15, 2024

A water engineering company accused by the Michigan attorney general of prolonging Flint residents' lead exposure cannot move its eventual trial out of the region, a Michigan state judge ruled Wednesday, saying the company could not assume the entire jury pool was biased.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 5, 2024

A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it required a member of the rock band the Romantics to pay triple damages after his new attorney filed a “verbatim copy” of the opponent’s brief by mistake, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It's OK, if we had to deal with the Kraken suits, we'd need a drink too.

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Law 360

MAY 30, 2024

A Michigan state judge on Thursday appeared frustrated with attorneys for MGM and its former law firm arguing over potential conflicts in an underlying case, telling them to stop avoiding his questions and saying he didn't "need help running the court."

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 29, 2022

Attorney General Dana Nessel has lost the Flint case in spectacular fashion this week. In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. juror) to charge them.”

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