Archives
August 30, 2024
Feature
- Head start New OCBA president began involvement with local bar association at a tender age
- Outgoing president made her mark on Oakland Bar
- A senator’s ego once again may prove very costly
- Daily Briefs
Business
- High rents are forcing small businesses into tough choices like raising prices or changing location
- U.S. economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a solid 3% annual rate
- How to prepare for the Fed’s forthcoming interest rate cuts
Column
- Occupational licensing guarantees higher prices
- Democratic men are stepping up for a woman president by stepping back, at last
- Black voters, Latino voters and other voters of color show solidarity at the ballot box
- Specter of China has edged into U.S. election rhetoric - for Republicans more than Democrats
Courts
- ‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ sue for campaign targeting their anti-abortion practices
- Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey sentenced to 5 years in prison, fined $3M for money laundering
- DOJ., Department of Labor, FTC, NLRB sign Memorandum of Understanding to support merger review
Nation
headlines Detroit
headlines National
- ABA connects death row inmate to pro bono attorneys who help free him
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- 2 judges suspended in separate cases after being indicted on criminal charges
- Convicted ex-judge gets $5K fine but no prison time in immigration case
- Ohio governor signs bill prohibiting foreign litigation funding
- Many small firms collect payments faster than BigLaw counterparts, new data shows




