Columns

MY TURN: 'Press Forward' offers a glimmer of news biz hope

September 22, 2023

By Tom Kirvan Legal News It was more than two decades ago when Time Warner and America Online came together in a media marriage that ranks as one of the largest mergers in Wall Street history, a deal that rocked the Richter scale at a staggering $350 billion. ...

COMMENTARY: Federal court severely curtails civil asset forfeiture in Michigan

September 22, 2023

By Jarrett Skorup Wayne County, which includes the city of Detroit, has long run a program where it seizes cars and cash from people police say might be involved with illegal drugs or prostitution. The problem? Most are never criminally convicted of or even ...

COMMENTARY: Public deserves protection from unscrupulous attorneys

September 22, 2023

By Dana Nessel I am writing in response to the opinion piece posted in the Oakland County Legal News on August 29, 2023, in which former Grievance Administrator Alan Gershel criticized me for my comments regarding the Attorney Grievance Commission’s ...

LEGAL PEOPLE

September 22, 2023

Jackson Lewis PC is pleased to announce that seven attorneys from the firm’s Detroit office have been listed in the 30th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Jackson Lewis congratulates the following attorneys named to the 2024 Best Lawyers in America ...

COUNSELOR'S CORNER: Happiness Now

September 22, 2023

By Fred Cavaiani Happiness is not what happens to me. Happiness, a feeling of peace, a feeling of love and a feeling of personal contentment and meaning in this present moment is the result of how I embrace and experience what happens to me in each moment ...

THE EXPERT WITNESS: The unusual and continuing case of General Motors

September 22, 2023

By John F. Sase “Switch on the box! Mr. Spock is on the table / “Dr. McCoy is unable to connect his brain / “Sweating and straining / “Well, it seemed so simple at the time” —Semisonic, “Never You Mind,” Feeling ...