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A 5-mile span that has stood the test of timeJune 18, 2018Tom Kirvan Legal News, Editor-in-Chief As VIPs from across the state convened recently for the Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island, the late Senator Prentiss Brown would be smiling if he were there. The conference, in fact, probably should be renamed ... | A 5-step plan to protect against cyber attacksJune 18, 2018Cameron Shilling Cyber attacks and costly accidental losses of sensitive personal and financial information are no longer confined to retailers such as Target and Sony or banks and investment houses such as JP Morgan. Professional service firms — ... |
Happy Hour FondueJune 18, 2018I have a strict rule on Fridays: no calls after 2. Wrap up work until 4. Then I open up my personal office for happy hour. Not once has this actually happened. There’s something about late Friday afternoons that brings people out of the woodwork. There’s ... | For the best brief, get some sleep and some helpJune 18, 2018Sybil Dunlop BridgeTower Media Newswires I’ve been thinking about brief writing lately. I’ve been teaching a legal writing CLE. But I’ve also been writing several briefs. And so the form and substance of the brief has been in the forefront ... |
This 'Rose' sports thorn for veteransJune 18, 2018By Marie E. Matyjaszek Having recently celebrated Memorial Day, I thought it was fitting to write an article about Veterans’ benefits. In the U.S. Supreme Court case Charlie Rose v. Barbara Rose, 481 US 619 (1987), Charlie argued against his ... | The root of mediation impasse in monetary claims: case valuationJune 18, 2018Ed Sikorski, Jr. “Settling or mediating a case is, among other things, a process for agreeing on the value of the claim. Impasse often occurs because the parties do not agree on the value of the case.” —Laura Kaster: On Impasse. The focus ... |
