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Jocelyn Benson  was quoted in a Detroit Free Press article titled "Super PACs have yet to take off in Michigan politics."


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April 30, 2012
Lance Gable  was quoted in an article in the American Independent titled "Michigan health dept. probes possible release of confidential HIV information."


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April 26, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit Free Press article titled "Trayvon Martin shooting reveals flaws in law."


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April 24, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Files altered, destroyed amid Wayne Co. probe, FBI told."


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April 20, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Security union's leader probed for possible fraud."


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April 20, 2012
Michael McIntyre  was quoted in the April 6 edition of the Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Weekly State Tax Report titled "Taxpayers take on contingent-fee transfer pricing audits; first cases challenge contractor's use of profits method."


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April 19, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Sister testifies against father in Bianca Jones' death, details abuse."


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April 18, 2012
David Chardavoyne  commented in an MLive.com story titled "Why has Michigan opposed the death penalty for more than 150 years?"


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April 17, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Feds seize Grundy files; friend charged."


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April 6, 2012
John Mogk  was interviewed on WDET-FM for the station's breaking coverage of the Detroit consent agreement developments.


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April 6, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a bloomberg.com article titled "Rakoff seeking truth of Wall Street wrongdoing labeled rogue."


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April 6, 2012
Robert Sedler  was quoted in a Detroit News editorial titled "Free speech prevails in Hutaree case."


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April 3, 2012
John Mogk  was quoted in a Detroit Free Press article titled "With so much space, so few options -- Detroit's vast vacant lots are a burden."


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April 2, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in the Indystar.com in an article titled "Law firm to pay Wayne Township Schools $435 in Terry Thompson matter."


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March 29, 2012
Lance Gable  was interviewed on WDET-FM's "Craig Fahle Show" this morning, discussing the Afforable Care Act hearings in the Supreme Court.


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March 29, 2012
Robert Sedler  was interviewed on WDET-FM's "Craig Fahle Show" about the pending decision by the Supreme Court regarding the Affordable Heathcare Act.


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March 28, 2012
Robert Sedler  was interviewed by WJR-AM's Paul W. Smith this morning about U.S. Supreme Court's hearings on the legality of the Affordable Healthcare Act and what may be in store during the rest of the week.


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March 27, 2012
Lance Gable  joined WDET's Amy Miller on March 26 to discuss the Affordable Care Act--now two years old--and respond to listener calls, as the United States Supreme Court decides on its constitutionality.


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March 26, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Lawyer arrested, tried to get witness to lie, Wayne County prosecutor says."


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March 21, 2012
Jocelyn Benson  was quoted in a huffingtonpost.com article titled "Michigan's Corruptibility Rated An 'F' In New Report -- And It Isn't Just A Detroit Problem."


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March 21, 2012
Jocelyn Benson  was quoted in a Detroit Free Press article titled "Donor ballot question postponed."


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March 21, 2012
Robert Sedler  had an opinion piece titled "Super PACs have a key election role" published in the Detroit News.


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March 6, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Feds ask if Mullin had help on essay."


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March 6, 2012
Robert Sedler  was interviewed on WDET-FM's Craig Fahle show, "Rush Limbaugh: were his comments slander?"


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March 6, 2012
Nick Schroeck  was quoted in a story titled "Chicago communities win in a mixed Great Lakes news week" in the greatlakesecho.com.


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March 2, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Fed task force targets corrupt public officials."


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March 2, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit Free Press story titled "Feds' timing of bad news: A message to Kilpatrick?"


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February 29, 2012
Linda Beale's blog, "A Taxing Matter," from Feb. 23 was posted on the Forbes.com website.


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February 28, 2012
Peter Henning  was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio last month about congressional insider trading.


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February 23, 2012
Brad Roth  was profiled in the Legal News.


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February 21, 2012
Robert Ackerman  was interviewed on WJR-AM's Frank Beckman Show earlier this month about the trial of the Hutaree militia defendants and their claim that they were engaging in speech protected by the First Amendment.



February 20, 2012
Anthony Dillof  was interviewed on Michigan Radio about the University of Michigan Board of Regents ordering an external investigation into the child pronography reporting delay.


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February 20, 2012
Aaron Perzanowski  was interviewed last month on WDTW-AM and WWJ-AM about two proposed bills designed to prevent content piracy on the Internet. http://www.1310wdtw.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?more_page=1&podcast=FirstShift&selected_podcast=0111seg3PERZANOWSKI_1326285934_8289.mp3


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February 17, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in an article in the Jan. 17 issue of the Detroit News on jury selection in the Hutare militia case.


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February 17, 2012
Michael McIntyre  was quoted in a PolitiFactTexas/Austin American-Statesman article titled "Ted Cruz says David Dewhurst has a record of promoting a Texas income tax."


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February 17, 2012
Robert Sedler  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Judge's ruling leaves confusion over EMs."


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February 17, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a bloombergbusinessweek.com article titled "Bloomberg Citigroup whistle-blower says bank's ‘brute force' hid bad loans."


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February 17, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Ficano aide faces corruption charges."


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February 17, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a bloombergbusinessweek.com article titled "Madoff trustee may struggle to undo HSBC ruling, lawyers say."


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February 17, 2012
John Mogk  had an opinion piece titled "Commentary: Detroit faces worse fate than an EM" pubished in the Feb. 10 Detroit News.


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February 16, 2012
Robert Sedler  was interviewed on Feb. 8 on "The Frank Beckman Show" on WJR-AM about the trial of the "Hutaree militia" defendants and their claim that they were engaging in speech protected by the First Amendment.



February 14, 2012
Robert Sedler  gave two radio interviews about a case argued before the Michigan Court of Appeals involving "pentinent-clergy communications." He spoke with Rina Miller from Michigan Public Radio on Feb. 8 and with Paul W. Smith on WJR-AM on Feb. 9.



February 14, 2012
Jonathan Weinberg  was interviewed on KGO-AM radio in San Francisco on Feb. 9 about a report he co-authored titled "Hard to BELIEVE: The High Cost of a Biometric Identity Card" which evaluates proposals for a mandatory nationwide biometric identity card, intended to prove that a person is authorized to work in the US.


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February 14, 2012
Jonathan Weinberg  was quoted in a Silicon Valley Mercury News article titled "National worker ID card a bad idea, says UC Berkeley study."


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February 10, 2012
Jonathan Weinberg  was quoted in the lead article, titled "Board Said Seeking Reassurance That New gTLD Issues Have Been Fully Resolved," of the December 29, 2011, issue of Washington Internet Daily, a subscriber-only publication covering legislative, regulatory and judicial news affecting internet business.



February 8, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a bloombergbusinessweek.com article titled "Bad Home Loans Top $72 Billion in ‘Colossal Failure': Mortgages."


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February 8, 2012
John Mogk  was quoted in an Associated Press story titled "Detroit squatters may be allowed to keep homes." He was also interviewed by WJBK Fox2 TV reporter Roop Raj about the same issue. http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=1004&DateTime=2%2F6%2F2012+5%3A08%3A39+PM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=1004&playclip=True&RefPage


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February 8, 2012
Jonathan Weinberg  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Online piracy bills ripped; Area critics say fed effort could curb Michigan's growth."


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February 8, 2012
Peter Henning  was interviewed on WWJ-AM in a story titled "Hutaree trial begins in Detroit's Federal Court."


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February 7, 2012
Peter Henning  was interviewd on WDIV-TV in a story titled "Federal agents don't find key document in Wayne County probe"


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January 17, 2012
Eric Zacks  was quoted in a Detroit Free Press article titled "Moroun's announced resignation from board of directors didn't sway the judge."


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January 13, 2012
Noah Hall  was quoted in a Forbes story titled "Happy Birthday Ronald Coase - the father of the most influential legal movement that few people have ever heard of."


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January 11, 2012
Aimée Godfrey  was profiled in a Legal News article titled "Road to discovery: Law professor helps students hone skills in critical thinking."


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January 11, 2012
Peter Henning  was quoted in a Detroit News article titled "Detroit's homicide rate expected to jump 15% for 2011."


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January 4, 2012
Penny Webster  appeared in a photo in a Legal News article about the Community Legal Resources (CLR) My Community event. Webster was honored as a CLR Volunteer of the Year.


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January 4, 2012