Lawyer publishes first of three children’s books
Published: April 22, 2024
For the last 15
years, solo attorney Leslie Butler has been handling residential,
commercial, and multi-family residential real property transactions,
business formation, governance, representation and succession planning,
contract drafting as well as estate planning.
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An appeals court dismisses charges against a Michigan election worker who downloaded a voter list
April 22, 2024GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — An appeals court dismissed charges against a Michigan election worker who put a USB flash drive into an electronic poll book and downloaded the names of voters at the close of a primary election in 2022.The court's conclusion: James Holkeboer's conduct was improper but not a crime.
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Supreme Court denies rehearing request by attorneys sanctioned for meritless election lawsuit
April 22, 2024The U.S. Supreme Court last week denied a rehearing request for Sidney Powell and several other attorneys seeking to overturn sanctions imposed against them for filing a meritless challenge to the November 2020 presidential election. The Supreme Court previously denied petitions for certiorari filed by the attorneys in February.
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Nessel testifies in support of BRITE Act
April 22, 2024Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, testified last week before the House Ethics and Oversight Committee in support of the Bringing Reforms in Integrity, Transparency and Ethics (BRITE) Act, a package of bills to increase disclosure requirements for shadowy political funds, slow the revolving door of legislators-turned-lobbyists, and expand gift disclosures for elected officials.
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A lab chief's sentencing for meningitis deaths is postponed, extending grief of victims' families
April 22, 2024HOWELL (AP) — A Michigan judge last week suddenly postponed the sentencing of a man at the center of a fatal meningitis outbreak that hit multiple states, dismaying people who were poised to speak about their grief 12 years after the tragedy.The judge who took a no-contest plea from Barry Cadden retired in March. But the defense attorney and the prosecutor said they still expected Michael Hatty would return to impose a minimum 10-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter.
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- A lab chief's sentencing for meningitis deaths is postponed, extending grief of victims' families
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