Michigan

Dangers of cellphones, teen drama, bad judgment detailed in new Netflix documentary

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish is a documentary that follows a group of students in Beal City, Michigan, as they navigate a townwide mystery as to who’s harassing junior high student Lauryn Licari.

Sep 29, 2025 2:10 PM CDT

Cooley Law School found noncompliant with ABA accreditation standard

The council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has found Western Michigan University’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School to be not compliant with law school accreditation standards.

Sep 22, 2025 2:44 PM CDT

Judge accused of sexually harassing colleagues, showing up at courthouse after drinking alcohol

Updated: A misconduct complaint accuses a Michigan judge of sexually harassing female colleagues, including by describing “his sexual activities” and expressing a long-time desire for sex with a fellow judge.

Sep 18, 2025 3:27 PM CDT

Former BigLaw partner pleads no contest to alleged domestic abuse of wife who was later found dead in stairwell

A former Duane Morris partner pleaded no contest in Berrien County, Michigan, on Friday to charges of domestic abuse against his wife and interfering with her 911 call.

Sep 2, 2025 3:24 PM CDT

Jury awards nearly $60M to former police officer for wrongful prosecution in sex assault case

Federal jurors in Detroit awarded about $58.5 million Tuesday to a man who was a police officer in Duval County, Florida, when he said he was wrongly charged with sexually abusing a child in Michigan.

Aug 15, 2025 9:39 AM CDT

Writing University of Michigan Law School optional application essay? Use artificial intelligence, please

Two years after the University of Michigan Law School banned applicants from using generative artificial intelligence, the law school is encouraging potential students to use it for a supplemental essay.

Jul 21, 2025 11:03 AM CDT

FBI targets Detroit judge and her father in public corruption probe

A sealed federal search warrant shows a Detroit judge and her father are at the center of an FBI investigation involving alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery, according to the Detroit News, which published details of the document last week.

Jul 21, 2025 9:58 AM CDT

Magistrate judge is breathing fire over law firm’s dragon logo on legal pleadings

A lawyer who wanted his pleadings to stand out has been ordered to remove a large purple dragon watermark from each page of a lawsuit that he filed in federal court.

May 1, 2025 10:32 AM CDT

‘It’s Time for You to Leave’: More immigration lawyers get notices to self-deport

Immigration lawyers outside Massachusetts are also receiving notices to self-deport, despite their U.S. citizenship.

Apr 25, 2025 9:32 AM CDT

Going Green: Oday Salim works with Michigan Law students to amend city code

Oday Salim and his students at the University of Michigan Law School have launched a new partnership with the city of Dearborn to create a healthier and more sustainable environment for its residents.

Apr 1, 2025 12:45 AM CDT

Former Duane Morris partner arrested on outstanding warrant related to Michigan assault case

Updated: A former Duane Morris partner was arrested on an outstanding Michigan warrant at his condo in Chicago’s South Loop on Friday, the same building where his wife’s body was found in a stairwell in October 2024.

Mar 10, 2025 3:16 PM CDT

Judge denies bid by former Duane Morris partner to stop his wife’s funeral

A Chicago judge on Wednesday denied a former Duane Morris partner’s emergency motion to stop his deceased wife’s parents from holding her funeral, so that he can obtain her remains.

Nov 21, 2024 10:51 AM CST

Duane Morris partner ousted after wife found dead in stairwell and her parents allege domestic violence

Updated: A judge in Cook County, Illinois, has granted a temporary restraining order that prevents a now-ousted partner at Duane Morris from retrieving the remains of his wife after her body was found in a stairwell in his South Loop residential building last month.

Nov 12, 2024 9:42 AM CST

Jones Day gets involved in election litigation for RNC after declining to advise Trump campaign

Jones Day is no longer advising the Trump campaign, but the law firm is staying involved in election litigation.

Oct 31, 2024 9:15 AM CDT

This law school is among the 1% that allow use of AI to write admissions essays

Can would-be law students use generative artificial intelligence programs, such as ChatGPT, to write admissions essays? Fifty-four percent of surveyed law schools have no official policy on the issue, according to a survey by test prep company Kaplan.

Oct 9, 2024 2:47 PM CDT