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  • Merissa Kovach named ACLU?of Michigan political director

    March 29, 2024

    The ACLU of Michigan recently announced that, after conducting an extensive search, it has chosen longtime staff member Merissa Kovach to be the organization’s new political director. Kovach, who joined the ACLU in 2008, has held several positions with the premiere civil rights organization, including field organizer, policy strategist, and, most recently, legislative director. In that role, Kovach led the organization’s statewide legislative and advocacy program, which has most recently advocated for the successful passage of: the Reproductive Health Act; expansion of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to explicitly include protections for gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation; and voting rights legislation critical to the implementation of Proposal 2 of 2022.

  • Law firm donates legal fees to ACLU of Michigan

    March 29, 2024

    Honigman recently announced the firm is donating to the ACLU of Michigan $262,000 in legal fees—its portion of a $315,000 attorneys’ fee settlement with the Michigan Department of Corrections. The donation follows a victory in July 2023 in Woodman v Department of Corrections, in which the Michigan Supreme Court held that courts cannot reduce attorneys’ fee awards solely because lawyers work on a pro bono basis. The attorneys’ fee settlement payment is believed to be among the largest ever in a Freedom of Information Act case.

  • New ethics opinion from ABA?guides government lawyers

    March 29, 2024

    The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion Feb. 28 that provides guidance on how disqualification rules apply to both current and former government lawyers under the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
    Formal Opinion 509 interprets conflict-of-interest provisions that apply to current and former government lawyers.

  • Municipal Notice

    March 29, 2024

    NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of one public hearing to be held by the Norton Shores Zoning Board of Appeals at a meeting Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 5:30 P.M. in the Community Room, Norton Shores Library, 705 Seminole Road, for the purpose of hearing comments regarding the following request:

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