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Michigan judges can’t disregard pronoun preferences of parties and lawyers, new rule says

ABA Journal

The Michigan Supreme Court has adopted a new rule that bars judges from using pronouns that are inconsistent with the preferences of parties and lawyers.…

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Michigan Workers’ Comp Lawyers Awards Annual Scholarship

LegalReader

Applications are now being accepted for the Michigan Workers Comp Lawyers’ 2022 scholarship. It is open to 1L, 2L and 3L students who are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident currently enrolled in an ABA-accredited U.S. law school. .

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Harvey R. Heller Recognized in Michigan Lawyers Weekly 2021 Hall of Fame

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Heller has been recognized in Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Hall of Fame Class of 2021. This award recognizes Michigan legal leaders who are over the age of 60, or who have practiced law for 30 years or more, for their successful careers and. Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller, P.C., is pleased to announce that Harvey R.

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Lawyer charged with illegally transmitting Michigan data after 2020 election

ABA Journal

A lawyer who pressed election fraud claims after the 2020 presidential election is facing new criminal charges alleging that she and a township clerk allowed…

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Kraken Lawyer Siccing Private Investigator On Michigan Election Clerks

Above The Law

These people will never go away!

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Flipping Bird During Zoom Hearing Costs Lawyer $3,000

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These days, the duty of technology competence requires lawyers not only to know how to use Zoom, but also to remember that it can record you. It seems a lawyer inconveniently forgot that fact when he flipped the bird during his opponent’s appellate argument on Zoom, and then denied it. “Mr. .”

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Proposal to require Michigan courts to use preferred pronouns has some critics

ABA Journal

The Michigan Supreme Court has received some pushback on its proposal to require state courts to use preferred pronouns when identifying parties or lawyers. The…

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