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LEGAL PEOPLE

March 24, 2023

Bowman and Brooke LLP Bowman and Brooke LLP recently announced the election of the following partners to serve as leaders within the Detroit office and on the firm's Management Committee: Jodi M. Schebel, managing partner Jenny L. Zavadil, co-managing ...

In Congress, breaking unwritten rules that encouraged civility and enabled things to get done is becoming the new normal

March 24, 2023

Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) — When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President Donald Trump, he broke with House practices ...

NRA's path to recovery from financial woes leaves the gun group vulnerable to new problems

March 24, 2023

Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University (THE CONVERSATION) — The National Rifle Association’s financial firepower, which arose in part due to its large and loyal membership base, has long been one of the gun group’s main sources of strength. But ...

The weak support for mandatory payments to unions

March 24, 2023

James M. Hohman, Mackinac Center for Public Policy Michigan’s Democratic majority lawmakers demand that people working in unionized private sector workplaces pay unions to keep their jobs. That’s what repealing the state’s right-to-work law ...

Who keeps the engagement ring after a breakup? 2 law professors explain why you might want a pre-nup for your diamond

March 24, 2023

By Naomi Cahn and Julia D. Mahoney University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) — When Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got engaged the first time, in 2002, he gave her a very pricey ring. That engagement ring was reportedly worth as much as $2.5 million, ...

Trump's unprecedented call for protests is the latest sign of his aim to degrade ­America's institutions

March 24, 2023

Shelley Inglis, University of Dayton (THE CONVERSATION) — In a social media post on March 18, 2023, former President Donald Trump announced that he would be arrested on March 21 on charges stemming from an investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney ...