Law Professors in the News
- Peter Henning commented in an article on BusinessWeek.com titled "Schapiro Whipsawed By Wall Street, Lawmakers, Defers SEC Rules."
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December 30, 2009 - Peter Henning provided legal expertise to Bloomberg.com in an article titled "Schapiro Whipsawed By Wall Street, Lawmakers, Defers SEC Rules."
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December 30, 2009 - Peter Henning was featured on WWJ regarding the recent terror suspect aboard a Detroit-bound flight on Dec. 25, 2009.
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December 26, 2009 - Noah Hall shared his expertise in a story on suburbanchicagonews.com titled "Lawsuit: Close local canal." Hall said Michigan "has a good chance of prevailing if it can show the potential harm posed by Asian carp would outweigh the benefits of keeping the locks open."
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December 25, 2009 - Peter Henning authored a Dealbook article for The New York Time's titled "A Preview of Trials and Tribulations in 2010." Henning specializes in issues related to white-collar crime and follows them for DealBook's White Collar Watch.
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December 23, 2009 - Noah Hall provided his legal expertise to the New York Times in an article titled "Mich. Takes Invasive Carp Battle to Supreme Court." In it, he states that the court will most likely "weigh the economic consequences for the shipping industry of closing the locks against the economic impacts of allowing the carp to enter the Great Lakes, which are projected to be much larger."
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December 22, 2009 - Peter Henning commented on The Business Insider in an online story regarding insider trading titled "Wiretaps Will Be Focus Of Rajaratnam Case -- Will The Mystery Of The Ellipses Be Solved?"
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December 22, 2009 - Noah Hall and the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center will represent Michigan Sen. Patty Birkholz and Rep. Rebekah Warren in U.S. Supreme Court case to protect the Great Lakes and Michigan's multi-billion dollar fishing and boating industries from Asian carp.
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December 22, 2009 - Stephen Calkins was featured on WDET's Detroit Today for his expertise on consumer protection law. He commented on new legislation by State House Democrats to restore the Michigan Consumer Protection Act, after it was voted down by the State Supreme Court.
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December 22, 2009 - Robert Ackerman commented in Crain's Detroit Business on a story regarding summer law associate programs. He states that Detroit is seeing less of a trend in law firms shutting down programs than elsewhere in the country.
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December 21, 2009 - Noah Hall was quoted in multiple publications, including the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, on the suit filed by the State of Michigan in U.S. high court on Monday to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and endangering their $7 billion fishery. Hall stated that "Michigan has a good chance of prevailing if it can show the potential harm posed by Asian carp would outweigh the benefits of keeping the locks open."
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December 21, 2009 - Robert Sedler commented in a Detroit News story regarding a gag order on political consultant Sam Riddle, specifically banning him from posting messages about his pending criminal case on social networking sites on the Internet.
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December 19, 2009 - Stephen Calkins commented on Bloomberg.com regarding the federal government's investigation of computer chip-maker Intel Corp. for alleged illegal stifling of competition. He discussed whether there are changes in how the FTC goes about its mission under the Obama Administration compared to the Bush Administration.
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December 17, 2009 - Stephen Calkins commented on Morningstar.com in an article titled "FTC's Intel Lawsuit To Test Scope Of Agency's Antitrust Power."
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December 17, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a story about the dismissal of charges against two high-ranking executives of Broadcom Corp. in California. They had been charged with securities fraud. Henning is an expert in laws aimed at preventing white collar crime.
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December 15, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted on Bloomberg.com in an article titled "SEC Seeks Dismissal of Madoff Victims Negligence Suit."
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December 15, 2009 - Peter Henning was on Canada's business channel, BNN, talking about the Conrad Black case that is currently before the Supreme Court.
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December 8, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a Detroit News story titled "Kilpatrick hearing resumes today: Former mayor to take stand again on claims he violated probation." Henning states that, although Kilpatrick has not been forthcoming with information, "there's really not enough there to say he violated the terms of his probation."
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December 7, 2009 - Noah Hall was quoted in the Washington Post in a story titled "Fish kill called necessary to save the Great Lakes:
Saying ecosystem is threatened, officials use poison on invasive carp."
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December 6, 2009 - John Mogk wrote an op-ed in The Detroit News titled "Downsize Detroit: Strengthen city by phasing out depleted neighborhoods." In it, he states that "Downsizing Detroit is no longer a question of if but when." Mogk is a nationally-known urban planning expert.
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December 3, 2009 - Jocelyn Benson co-wrote an article with Mike Bryanton for The Detroit News titled "Let all Michiganians vote by absentee ballot." The article states that Michigan, one of only a handful of states in the nation with restrictions on absentee voting, should allow all residents to vote by absentee ballot to promote voter confidence and ensure that all voices are heard.
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December 2, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a New York Times articled titled "Galleon Chief Attacks Government's Case Against Him."
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November 24, 2009 - Peter Henning commented on the Fifth Amendment in a Detroit Free Press story titled "Kilpatrick won't name financial backers: He takes Fifth when asked to identify his sources of support."
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November 18, 2009 - Peter Henning discussed insider trading with Bloomberg.com in a story titled "3Com Trades Before Hewlett Bid Said to Spur SEC Probe."
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November 16, 2009 - Kingsley Browne was quoted extensively in an article by Marcia Clemmitt in CQ Researcher titled "Women in the Military: Should Combat Roles be Fully Opened to Women?"
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November 13, 2009 - Peter Henning provided his expertise in a Detroit Free Press article titled "Pension lawyer's sweet deal? Experts say sale raises questions on ethics."
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November 12, 2009 - Stephen Calkins offered his expertise to mainjustice.com regarding how a settlement between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. might affect the FTC's pending investigation into Intel's practice of giving rebates to equipment manufacturers.
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November 12, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in an ABC Channel 7 News piece regarding former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his money trail.
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November 8, 2009 - John Mogk was consulted for an editorial in a Nov. 1 Detroit Free Press editorial titled "Saving the most salvageable neighborhoods: Detroit must address blight in its healthiest neighborhoods first." The editorial advised Detroiters and their leaders to plan now for a much smaller city. Mogk commented: "The city's master plan has always been out of touch with reality. The 2010 census will bring shock and awe."
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November 2, 2009 - Robert Sedler was quoted in a Nov. 2 article by the Associated Press on the Detroit city council election. Sedler commented on the effect that candidate Charles Pugh's recent financial problems would have on his chances to get elected. "I would put that in the same category as personal things that do not interfere with one's official duties," Sedler said. "They're not stealing money."
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November 2, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in an Oct. 30 FT.com article about Bernie Madoff's accountant, David Friehling, pleading guilty to fraud charges. "He was duped by Madoff ... but he had the obligation not to be duped," said Henning.
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November 2, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in a Nov. 2 Bloomberg.com article about the corruption trial of former New York state Senate leader Joseph Bruno. Henning commented on the federal law being used to prosecute Bruno.
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November 2, 2009 - Noah Hall was quoted in an Oct. 25 article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel titled "Great Lakes aid isn't a cure-all: Despite $475 million restoration plan, damage continues in freshwater system." The federal government's restoration plan does little or nothing to stop the pollution of the Great Lakes, Hall maintained. "This (plan) was not meant to be a list of new regulatory actions or legal requirements that should be imposed on local governments and industry to protect the Great Lakes from further harm," he said.
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October 30, 2009 - Peter Henning commented on former Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Chief Executive Officer Hector Ruiz, who was implicated in the Galleon Group insider trading scandal but never charged, in an Oct. 30 Bloomberg.com news. Henning expressed surprised that the SEC wasn't pursuing a case against Ruiz.
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October 30, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in an Oct. 29 story in the Detroit News about allegations that former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick deliberately failed to disclose financial information. Commenting on Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy's claims, Henning said, "She is going to need evidence of a fast shuffle; that money is being moved around."
October 29, 2009 - Robert Sedler was a main source in a story in the Detroit Free Press about the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to hear an appeal by the State of Michigan seeking to reinstate the murder conviction of a black man tried by an all-white jury in Grand Rapids. Sedler said the case would likely turn more on the issue of state court rights than on the facts of the defendant's case.
October 1, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in a Wall Street Journal Law Journal column by John R. Emshwiller about the uncertainty regarding what investigators can and cannot do when searching digital devices for evidence. "‘Courts are struggling' in the area of computer searches," Henning is quoted as a saying in the article. He goes on to say "the Supreme Court has to deal with this."
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September 24, 2009 - Robert Sedler explained in an op-ed for the Detroit Free Press why government rationing of health care would be unconstitutional. He wrote, "Government rationing of health care would be not only completely contrary to American values but also clearly unconstitutional." Sedler contends, however, that none of the plans before Congress would conceivably allow such things.
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September 8, 2009 - Jocelyn Benson was featured in Elect Women Magazine in an article titled "Longtime Advocate of Fair Elections Jocelyn Benson Makes Bid for Michigan Secretary of State."
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September 4, 2009 - Aaron Perzanowski was listed in an ABA Journal article as a future contributor to a new law blog that will feature what the bloggers consider the top 10 pending cases in the United States concerning Internet, software and database issues.
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September 4, 2009 - Stephen Calkins was quoted in a CNN.com article titled "Body Magic: Get rich, get thin -- or get real?" Calkins suggests that any "prospective multilevel distributor consult tip sheets to analyze the credibility of a company" before investing time and resources.
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September 1, 2009 - Peter Henning addressed the difficulties courts have in applying the "plain view doctrine" to situations involving computer-based searches in a Wall Street Journal blog post highlighting a Ninth Circuit ruling that the recently seized drug-test records of more than 100 Major League Baseball players be returned to the players' union.
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August 28, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted on Bloomberg.com in a story titled "Ballplayers Win Fight With U.S. Over Seizure of Drug-Test Data" on Aug. 27, 2009.
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August 27, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a Wall Street Journal story about the SEC's curtailment of so-called "tolling agreements." Under such agreements, the SEC and respondents both agree to suspend the statute of limitations while they try to resolve a civil or administrative action. Henning noted that use of the agreement had increased in recent years, partly due to bureaucratic delays of the agency.
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August 25, 2009 - Peter Henning contributed his thoughts and expertise to a Wall Street Journal blog post titled "What Went Wrong in the Reyes Case? And What Comes Next?"
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August 21, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in the Long Island Press in an articled titled "Runaway receiver at odds with SEC in Stanford case."
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August 14, 2009 - Jonathan Weinberg was quoted by Dugie Standeford in an article titled "Commerce Committee ICANN Letter Could Inflame Fears of U.S. Overreaching" in the Washington Internet Daily on Aug. 11, 2009.
August 11, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in a story about a stock options backdating case involving UnitedHealth Group Inc., headquartered in Minnesota. Professor Henning said that a $925 million settlement to shareholders, approved by a federal judge, may be the largest ever for a case involving backdating of options. The Associated Press story ran in numerous newspapers throughout the country.
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August 11, 2009 - Peter Henning provided legal expertise to The Denver Post in an article titled "Re-sentence for Nacchio not unusual: A ruling that might shorten his jail term isn't rare with financial crime, some say" on Aug. 4, 2009.
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August 4, 2009 - Noah Hall commented in The Michigan Messenger in an article regarding the Michigan Supreme Court's Dow class-action ruling. Professor Hall emphasizes that the ruling preserves the ability for victims of environmental pollution to sue as a class.
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August 3, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a Detroit Free Press article titled "Feds could go after ex-monitor of Detroit cops: Relationship with Kilpatrick may lead to criminal charges." Henning said Wood could face an array of potential criminal and professional violations including perhaps obstruction of justice, making false statements to the government and criminal contempt of court.
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July 30, 2009 - John Mogk commented in a Detroit Free Press article titled "Deal saves Cobo, Detroit auto show in victory for cooperation" on July 29, 2009. Mogk, an urban planning expert, stated that the process took far too long.
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July 29, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer in a story titled "Federal judges freed from sentencing rules" on July 26, 2009. Henning asserts that sentences in cases of public corruption vary widely across the nation.
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July 26, 2009 - John Mogk was mentioned for his role as an urban planning expert in a Detroit Free Press article addressing the importance of Mayor David Bing downsizing the city of Detroit.
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July 24, 2009 - Peter Henning was featured July 23, 2009, in an online discussion on securitiesdocket.com. Henning spoke on various issues raised in "Hot Tips, Twitter and Insider Trading." He and the host also explored the recent Mark Cuban decision, the 2nd Circuit's opinion yesterday in the Dorozhko case, and the bill now before Congress that would prohibit Congressional insider trading.
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July 23, 2009 - John Mogk was quoted in a Detroit Free Press article on a Youngstown, Ohio master plan to strengthen the city. Mogk, an urban planning expert, sees the plan as a good start for the city.
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July 19, 2009 - John Mogk commented on the hurdles facing Detroit mayors looking to "right-size" Detroit in an article in the Detroit Free Press on July 19, 2009.
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July 19, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in an international Financial Times article titled "Madoff accountant pleads not guilty to fraud" on July 17, 2009. With regard to Bernard Madoff's former long-time accountant, David Friehling, who on Friday pleaded not guilty to fraud charges related to the former broker's $65bn ‘'Ponzi'' scheme, Henning suggested a plea agreement will be reached in the near future.
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July 17, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a Detroit Free Press story about political consultant Sam Riddle's felony case.
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July 17, 2009 - Paul Dubinsky wrote an op-ed in the Detroit Legal News titled "What the demise of Eliot Spitzer reveals about us" on July 16, 2009.
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July 16, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in an article about Apple Inc.'s disclosure regarding CEO Steve Jobs' health.
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July 15, 2009 - Robert Sedler was featured on WDET's Detroit Today in a segment focusing on potential biases of the Michigan Supreme Court when deciding cases.
July 15, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a Detroit Free Press article regarding how consultant Sam Riddle and Monica Conyers extorted thousands of dollars. Henning suggested that Riddle may receive a long sentence.
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July 15, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in a Dow Jones column titled "Compliance Watch: Trading By SEC Staff Raises Question" on July 14, 2009. Henning, a former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney, told a Congressional subcommittee to keep it simple: "SEC employees, he says, should be prohibited from trading shares of publicly traded companies, or any entity subject to SEC regulation, while they're working at the agency."
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July 14, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a Financial Times article about Sir Allen Stanford, who is accused of operating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
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July 11, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a Detroit Free Press article on the price of stock in the old General Motors rising, prompting concerns that investors are confused.
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July 10, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in The New York Times in an article titled "A Stock With Bounce: Investors Stick to G.M." on July 10, 2009.
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July 10, 2009 - Peter Henning commented on Bloomberg.com regarding Apple Inc.'s disclosures about Steve Jobs's health. The corporation remains under scrutiny by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigators over how Job's condition went from "relatively simple" to "more complex" in nine days.
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July 8, 2009 - Peter Henning was featured in The New York Times in an article titled "More Charges in Madoff Scandal?" on June 30, 2009. The Times referred to a previous post on DealBook in which Henning looked at the people in Madoff's orbit and speculated about whom investigators might be taking a close look.
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June 30, 2009 - Peter Henning offered his legal expertise to the Detroit Free Press in a story titled "Conyers took cash and jewelry, ex-aide says" on June 29, 2009. Henning suggests that Conyers may receive a max sentence.
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June 29, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a story in The Associated Press titled "Rep. Conyers has little to say about wife taking bribes" on June 28, 2009. Henning suggests that Monica Conyers resign from the Detroit City Council as soon as possible.
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June 28, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a CTV.ca story titled "Prosecutors may target Madoff's family next" on June 27, 2009. Since Madoff has stated he worked alone on the Ponzi scheme, Henning explains that there will need to be substantial evidence to link Madoff family members to the fraud.
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June 27, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a story titled "Conyers says little about wife's legal troubles" on June 27, 2009. Henning asserts that Monica Conyers should step down from the Council soon due to her blatant involvement in bribery.
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June 27, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted on Chron.com in an article titled "Stanford CFO could be next in line of star witnesses" on June 27, 2009. Henning notes that Stanford and five others were indicted by a grand jury, while prosecutors charged Davis separately in what's called a criminal information. Such charges often become the crimes to which cooperating witnesses plead guilty in plea deals.
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June 27, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted on Bloomberg.com in an article titled "Cuomo Recused Himself Over Money Manager in Pension Fund Probe."
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June 25, 2009 - Katherine White was highlighted in the Ann Arbor Chronicle regarding the completion of her one-year term as board chair of the University of Michigan Board of Regents. In the article, which is mainly about impending tuition hikes at the University of Michigan, Professor White said that the school has a history of investing and improving during tough times.
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June 23, 2009 - Robert Sedler commented in a Detroit News story regarding a Warren prayer booth under fire by area atheists. Sedler suggested that because Warren offers the City Hall space to all groups, it does not appear to be violating the constitutional separation of church and state.
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June 22, 2009 - Peter Henning commented on the likelihood of replacing a judge mid-trial in a Chicago Tribune article regarding the trial of Mayer Brown partner Joe Collins.
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June 19, 2009 - Peter Henning provided his legal expertise in a Chron.com article titled "High court rules in favor of ex-Enron executive." On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that former Enron executive Scott Yeager cannot be retried on lingering charges because a jury in 2005 acquitted him of others related to the same alleged scheme.
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June 19, 2009 - Laura Bartell commented in a Detroit Free Press article regarding the bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. Bartell speculated that GM's path will be smoother than Chrysler's because of differences in how each company is handling secured creditors.
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June 18, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in an article on Reuters regarding the proposed U.S. financial regulatory overhaul. Henning suggested that the SEC's powers may make the agency even more aggressive in its enforcement efforts.
June 17, 2009 - Peter Henning commented on the substitution of a new judge in the Refco Trial in The American Lawyer.
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June 16, 2009 - Noah Hall wrote an op-ed in the Detroit Free Press addressing the City of Detroit's garbage incinerator - the largest trash incinerator in the world. He urged the City Council to stop using the incinerator and for the city to move forward with a proposal from a broad coalition of community groups called a New Business Model for Solid Waste Management in Detroit, which relies heavily on recycling.
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June 15, 2009 - Linda Beale provided her legal expertise in a Tax Notes article addressing the recent grant of certiorari by the Supreme Court to hear the appeal of a patent case and how it has the tax bar hopeful that an eventual decision could limit the prospect of future tax strategy patents.
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June 15, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a Michigan Lawyers Weekly article regarding the Michigan Supreme Court's recent recusal rule and how it may not be constitutional.
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June 15, 2009 - Peter Hammer commented briefly in a Detroit Free Press article titled "Court clears path for Chrysler-Fiat to close" about the one-day delay in bankruptcy proceedings imposed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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June 10, 2009 - John Mogk was quoted in a Model D article titled "Charter Reform Spells Change for Detroit." Mogk said that while there is reason to be excited for change, the success of the city will ultimately fall on the elected officials.
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June 9, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in the Lansing State Journal in an article about former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's new home in Texas and how its size might be an issue for prosecutors.
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June 9, 2009 - Laura Bartell appeared on the PBS evening news program, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. She was interviewed on the bankruptcy filing of General Motors.
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June 1, 2009 - Joan Mahoney commented in a Detroit News article about Gov. Jennifer Granholm's prospects of being appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in the future. Mahoney said she believes Granholm would be a "terrific choice."
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May 26, 2009 - Joan Mahoney provided her legal expertise in a blog entry titled "Mayor of Warren, Michigan may layoff political appointees who drive imports" on May 20, 2009.
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May 20, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in the Houston Chronicle in a story titled "High court takes case that could aid Skilling" on May 18, 2009.
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May 18, 2009 - Robert Sedler was interviewed by TV-7's Dave LewAllen regarding rumors that Gov. Jennifer Granholm may become a U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
May 18, 2009 - John Mogk wrote an op-ed piece in Crain's Detroit Business titled "OTHER VOICES: Wall Street greed brought down Detroit."
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May 17, 2009 - Noah Hall sent a letter, featured in the Ann Arbor News, to Ann Arbor city officials notifying them that a planned underground parking structure may violate state air quality laws by facilitating increased vehicular traffic in the downtown area.
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May 15, 2009 - Peter Henning wrote an entry on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog titled "On John Edwards and the Delicate Dance of Campaign Fundraising."
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May 15, 2009 - Jonathan Weinberg commented in a story about the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. The DREAM Act would provide conditional legal status to undocumented students who entered the country before age 16 and lived here at least five years and graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED.
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May 13, 2009 - Stephen Calkins was quoted in a BusinessWeek.coma story about antitrust action against microchip manufacture Intel. He pointed out that Christine Varney, assistant attorney general and top-ranking antitrust official in the Obama Administration, is a former FTC commissioner. The Business Week story was picked up by several TV news websites.
May 12, 2009 - Lawrence Mann commented in a story about the "mommy penalty" that affects many women practicing law in the May 10, 2009, edition of Crain's Business Detroit.
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May 10, 2009 - Jonathan Weinberg provided his legal expertise in a Detroit Metro Times article titled "Tangled up in cable: How lawsuits, legislation and injunctions change the way your TV is watched and paid for" on May 6, 2009.
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May 6, 2009 - John Mogk commented in the Detroit Free Press about the challenges ahead for the future mayor of Detroit.
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May 5, 2009 - Peter Henning offered his legal expertise to businessinsurance.com in story highlighting the relatively light prison terms imposed by a federal judge on five former executives from General Re Corp. and American International Group Inc. for their role in a sham reinsurance deal.
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May 4, 2009 - Lance Gable commented in The Michigan Messenger in an article titled "Michigan's HIV disclosure law: Overly broad and open to abuse."
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May 4, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a story on timesunion.com titled "Bruno claims case tainted: Lawyers for ex-Senate leader want charges dropped, citing lack of fair warning in statute."
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May 2, 2009 - Noah Hall commented in an article on water rights in the York County Coast Star.
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April 30, 2009 - Laura Bartell provided her legal expertise in bankruptcy law in an article titled "Saving Chrysler at what cost?" on Guardian.co.uk.
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April 28, 2009 - Lance Gable was quoted in the Michigan Messenger on the Michigan correction system's policy on inmate employment for HIV-infected prisoners.
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April 24, 2009 - Jonathan Weinberg provided legal expertise in a Detroit Metro Times story titled "Home rules: As economy slides, state legislatures eye curbs on illegal immigrants."
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April 22, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in an article in the Detroit News about Kwame Kilpatrick's use of his re-election fund to pay roughly $1 million in legal fees.
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April 15, 2009 - Peter Henning wrote an op/ed piece in the Detroit News questioning whether former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick defrauded his campaign contributors by using donated funds to pay his defense team. Henning suggested that the state Legislature clarify how campaign contributions can be spent.
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April 14, 2009 - Peter Henning was a guest on TV-4's "Flashpoint" discussion program, which aired Sunday morning. He commented on a case involving alleged perjury in court by a former Wayne County prosecutor in a drug case.
April 14, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a Bloomberg.com article titled "Madoff's See-No-Evil Advice Didn't Spook Insiders: Ann Woolner."
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April 9, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in the Australia/New Zealand edition of LawFuel online in an article titled "The Lawyer Who Blew The Whistle On His Own Client."
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April 2, 2009 - Noah Hall provided his environmental law expertise in the LA Times in a story about Nestle Waters North America wanting to tap an aquifer feeding a pair of springs near Colorado Springs, and draw 65 million gallons of water per year to bottle and sell under its Arrowhead brand.
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April 2, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in the Wall Street Journal in a story about the civil case of disbarred Florida lawyer Arthur Nadel.
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April 2, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in the Detroit News in a Daniel Howes' column about President Obama's restructuring plan for GM and the auto industry.
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March 31, 2009 - Peter Henning was featured in the Detroit Free Press in an article about how disciplinary action against two staff attorneys was handled by the Wayne County prosecutor includes a comment by law professor Peter Henning.
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March 27, 2009 - John Mogk was quoted in Time in a story about Detroit's economic decline and its road to renewal. Mogk originally made the comment in a piece that appeared in the Detroit Free Press.
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March 26, 2009 - Peter Henning commented on Bloomberg.com in a story titled "Friehling, Madoff Accountant, Charged by U.S. in Ponzi Scheme" on March 19, 2009.
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March 19, 2009 - Peter Henning was featured on the "Today Show" on NBC on March 18, 2009, in a report regarding how, less than a week after being sent to prison to await sentencing in June for a huge Ponzi scheme, Bernie Madoff is asking to be released.
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March 18, 2009 - Peter Henning did a phone interview on March 12, 2009, with KCRW-FM (NPR station serving southern California) regarding the Bernard Madoff swindle trial.
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March 16, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a story in the Guardian (UK) on March 13, 2009, about Bernard Madoff's willingness to plead guilty to all 11 charges against him. Madoff was convicted of what may be the largest financial fraud in history. "I think he's protecting his family. Any plea deal would definitely have required him to implicate others," Henning said.
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March 13, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in Business Week on March 12, 2009, in a story about sentencing guidelines for Bernard Madoff, perpetrator of what may be the largest financial fraud in history. Under Bureau of Prison guidelines, Madoff is likely to end up in a medium-security prison.
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March 12, 2009 - Linda Beale provided her expertise in an opinion piece about President Barack Obama's tax plan in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader on March 10, 2009. Beale prefers Reagan's base-broadening approach. "It eliminated loopholes, lowered rates and removed the preferential rate on capital gains. That was the right solution."
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March 10, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a story in the Detroit Free Press on March 10, 2009, titled "Kilpatrick demands $100M from SkyTel." Henning questioned the validity of any damages the former mayor may have suffered. "Given the circumstances of this case, I have my doubts that SkyTel is going to pay him a lot of money," Henning said.
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March 10, 2009 - Peter Henning was featured in Reuters on March 9, 2009, in article about an expected guilty plea for Madoff in federal court. The article ran in newspapers internationally.
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March 9, 2009 - Robert Sedler was quoted in a Crain's Detroit Business article titled "Cobo plan relies on veto's validty." This article discusses Mayor Cockrel's veto over the Detroit City Council's decision against the transfer of Cobo's operations to a regional authority and the likelihood of both parties ending up in court.
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March 8, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in a story about the trial of alleged swindler Bernard Madoff in the Washington Post and on Reuters India online. He commented on a technical aspect of the federal indictment in the case.
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March 6, 2009 - Peter Henning was featured in a CNBC.com story on March 6, 2009, regarding accused swindler Bernard Madoff and his first public step to a guilty plea on criminal charges of running a $50 billion investment fraud over many years.
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March 6, 2009 - Linda Beale offered her expertise in a story in the Houston Chronicle on March 5, 2009, titled "The right is unduly exercised about Obama's tax plan."
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March 5, 2009 - Robert Sedler commented in a story in the Detroit News on March 3, 2009, titled "Mayor vows Cobo veto:
Threat to undo council vote may end up in court."
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March 3, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in the AM Law Daily in an article regarding the lessons learned from the billion-dollar scandal emerging around Stanford Financial Group. "You should always have your own lawyer," said Henning in response to former chief investment officer Laura Pendergest-Holt's mistake of testifying without a personal lawyer present. She was charged with lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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March 3, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a story on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 28, 2009, titled "Bonds Steroids Trial Postponed as U.S. Appeals Evidence Ruling."
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February 28, 2009 - John Mogk wrote an op-ed in the Detroit News on Feb. 25, 2009, that the city of Detroit needs a "visionary 20-year plan to downsize significantly." In the piece, he urges Detroit's next mayor to act decisively to meet the city's economic challenges.
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February 26, 2009 - Noah Hall and recent comments on his blog were referenced in an article in the Lansing City Pulse on Feb. 25, 2009, about proposed new coal-fired power plants in Michigan. Hall talks about the extent of Gov. Granholm's authority over the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
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February 26, 2009 - Robert Ackerman was featured by the Detroit Legal News on Feb. 18, 2009. The story was titled "Up to the challenge: WSU Law's Dean Ackerman seeks ‘a better way.'"
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February 26, 2009 - Linda Beale commented on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 26, 2009, in an article addressing Obama's 2010 budget proposal, which would reinstate the top two Clinton-era tax rates of 36 percent and 39.6 percent in 2011, up from the 33 percent and 35 percent the richest Americans now pay.
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February 26, 2009 - Noah Hall commented on BNA Daily Environment on Feb. 25, 2009, in an article titled "Michigan Attorney General's Opinion Calls Governor's Coal Plant Directive Unauthorized"
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February 25, 2009 - Jocelyn Benson wrote an opinion piece in the Detroit Free Press on Feb. 23, 2009, addressing the issue of absentee voter ballot applications. "Balancing the need to promote access to democracy with the importance of preventing fraud and other irregularities is the challenge of every election administrator," she writes.
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February 23, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted in the Business Recorder on Feb. 23, 2009, in a story about the fraud case against Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and how it may raise new questions about the aggressiveness of US securities regulators, who according to an earlier lawsuit had begun examining the financier's sales practices in 2007 or earlier.
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February 23, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 20, 2009 in an article on Barry Bonds's perjury case.
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February 20, 2009 - Leonid Feller wrote an op-ed piece in the Detroit Free Press about the mortgage crisis and the dilemma it presents for homeowners who are paying off home loans.
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February 18, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 18, 2009, in an article highlighting R. Allen Stanford and allegations of running a "massive, ongoing fraud."
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February 18, 2009 - Peter Henning was quoted on Bloomberg.com on Feb. 5, 2009, in a story about Barry Bonds's steroids test, doping calendars prepared by his trainer and other key government evidence that might be excluded from the baseball player's perjury trial.
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February 5, 2009 - Jonathan Weinberg provided his legal expertise in a Detroit Metro Times story on Obama's immigration policy challenges.
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February 4, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a story on businessinsurance.com titled "Gen Re fraud judge lenient with Milton" on Feb. 2, 2009.
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February 3, 2009 - John Mogk was quoted in The Manchester Guardian (U.K.) in an article about Detroit's economic woes. Mogk says the problem is more than a $300m budget shortfall. "A thousand people are leaving the city every month and the city does not have the financial resources and the economic base to solve its own problems."
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February 2, 2009 - Christopher Peters and his lecture on Supreme Court Appointments during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009 - James Broughton and his lecture on Obama's Justice Department during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009 - Brad Roth and his lecture on Closing Guantanamo during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009 - Robert Sedler and his lecture on the President and Congress during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009 - Stephen Calkins and his lecture on anti-trust and consumer law under the Obama administration during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009 - Linda Beale and her lecture on tax policy and the financial crisis during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009 - Peter Hammer and his lecture on health care reform during Wayne Law's "Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration" Symposium were highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Jan. 22, 2009.
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February 1, 2009 - Lance Gable commented in a story in the Detroit Free Press regarding how a state agency investigating the death of a mental health patient and injuries to two others at a Detroit Medical Center hospital filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking records the hospital refuses to release.
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January 30, 2009 - Peter Henning commented in a story about the Bernard Madoff investment scandal on Bloomberg.com. Reports are circulating that some of the hedge fund and money managers who guided investors into the care of Madoff came to suspect that he was breaking the law.
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January 30, 2009 - Robert Sedler was a guest on the "Paul W. Smith Show" on Jan. 22, 2009, discussing why U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts administered the presidential oath of office a second time Wednesday because a word was said out of sequence. Sedler said it was appropriate for President Obama to take the oath twice, since the first attempt was not administered correctly.
January 29, 2009 - Peter Henning commented about a case involving a civil lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department in a story in the Lansing State Journal on Jan. 22, 2009. The person bringing the suit is seeking a contempt order against Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter until the latter reveals unidentified sources in Justice who allegedly leaked information for a story about a terrorism prosecutor. Henning says Ashenfelter's invocation of Fifth Amendment rights will be a tough hurdle for the plaintiff to overcome. For details, click here.
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January 29, 2009 - Stephen Calkins was quoted in Barron's in an article titled "Treasury Officials Need to Improve Their Aim" on Jan. 16, 2009.
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January 28, 2009 - Christopher Peters was quoted by Joe Swickard in the Detroit Free Press in an article titled Fieger's appeal of Michigan code rejected on Jan. 21, 2009.
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January 28, 2009 - Peter Henning commented on the effects a UAW strike could have on federal government loans to the U.S. auto industry in the Detroit Free Press on Jan. 9,2009.
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January 12, 2009 - Peter Hammer commented on community complaints surrounding rules for Michigan's new medical marijuana program in the Detroit Free Press on Jan. 6, 2009.
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January 7, 2009 - Peter Henning shared his thoughts on potential racketeering charges against a Pennsylvania-based adoption agency in a story in the Detroit Free Press on Dec. 28, 2008.
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