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Mich. AG concerned terms of mortgage settlement not being met

May 10, 2013 10:15 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, in a letter Wednesday, said he is concerned that certain terms of the nationwide mortgage settlement are not being met by the five banks that signed on to the deal. … Read More »

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Mich. appeals court says insurer shouldn’t have to pay attorney fees

May 9, 2013 3:00 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled this week that a lower court was wrong to make an insurer that already was ordered to shell out money for Medicare and personal injury protection payments to also … Read More »

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Mich. AG announces $5 million housing assistance for military members, veterans

May 9, 2013 12:41 PM
By Bryan Cohen

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Director Jeff Barnes announced a new $5 million housing assistance program on Tuesday for Michigan military service members, veterans and their families. The Michigan Veterans Trust Fund … Read More »

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Mich. AG announces sentencing in DocX president case

May 8, 2013 12:23 PM
By Bryan Cohen

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has announced that the former president of mortgage document processor DocX was sentenced to 40 months to 20 years in prison for her role in robo-signing fraud. Lorraine Brown was … Read More »

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Federal judge favors mortgage registry, banks in suit over transfer taxes

May 8, 2013 9:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — A federal judge in Michigan last week sided with the national mortgage registry known as MERS and a group of banks in a case over transfer taxes. On Friday, Judge Robert Holmes Bell of … Read More »

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Mich. SC: Whistleblower law doesn’t require any ‘motivation’ be proved

May 7, 2013 10:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Supreme Court ruled last week that the state’s Whistleblowers’ Protection Act does not require that any “motivation” be proved as a prerequisite to bringing a claim. “A plaintiff’s motivation is not relevant to … Read More »

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Mich. appeals court sides with homeowners in suit over bat feces cleanup

May 2, 2013 12:00 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled this week that a lower court did not err in awarding sanctions to a couple, whose home was overrun by bats, on the basis that a remediation company’s civil … Read More »

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Mich. AG: ‘Hands off’ state’s Natural Resources Trust Fund

April 24, 2013 12:20 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, in a formal opinion issued this week, says the state’s Natural Resources Trust Fund cannot be used for the maintenance of existing public recreation facilities, including maintenance dredging of existing … Read More »

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Mich. appeals court finds law firm, attorney didn’t commit malpractice

April 23, 2013 10:15 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Court of Appeals said in a ruling last week that a lower court was correct in finding that an attorney and his law firm did not commit malpractice by binding a company to … Read More »

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Mich. appeals court says no-fault insurers entitled to reimbursement

April 18, 2013 11:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a decision awarding workers’ compensation benefits to a trucker who was injured while making a delivery and reimbursement to two no-fault insurers for benefits they paid. In its … Read More »

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