ARTICLE OF THE DAY Judges begging for budgets The message, as told by Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly (pictured), was clear: Without more money, Michigan's courts won't be able to fulfill their state and constitutionally mandated duties. Two-thirds of the general fund appropriation to the courts is used for items over which the judicial branch has no control, such as judicial salaries and payments made to local governments by statutory formula. For that reason, a reduction in the one-third that remains is felt sorely. "Michigan's economy has deteriorated, making it increasingly difficult to fulfill our responsibility for the administration of justice, trying cases and coming out with opinions, and meeting duties specifically assigned to the judicial branch either by our state constitution or by the people," Kelly told the state's Judiciary Subcommittee of House Appropriations last week.
ARTICLE OF THE WEEK On the Stand: Jana M. Berger Because the economy has affected her complex product liability, construction defect and toxic tort litigation practices, Jana M. Berger (pictured) of Foley & Mansfield PLLP is instead focusing on HIPAA and tribal law, the latter of which she calls "the most fascinating of areas I've ever come across. … We have 12 federally recognized tribes in Michigan, and they're their own country, their own sovereign, so to speak," Berger said. She talks to us about crocodile bites, slow drivers, and why a monster truck can be the key to survival.
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