The Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR) recognized the lifetime efforts of iconic civil rights attorney Morris Dees at its recent annual dinner held at Marygrove College in Detroit.
Cary McGehee, firm co-founder and longtime MCHR Chair,...
Henry Hill, who was 16 years-old when convicted of homicide in 1980, will be freed later this summer. Hill has served over 35 years of a mandatory life sentence in Michigan prisons.
The decision was handed down in early May by Judge Darnell Jackson...
From Michigan Lawyers Weekly
A bill awaiting action in the U.S. Senate could bring several changes to class action lawsuits nationwide.
The “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017” was introduced Feb. 9 by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R...
From the Detroit News
A former Grosse Pointe South assistant principal is accusing the district of transferring her to another school in retaliation for complaints about her supervisor’s conduct, including an alleged comment about sex.
Debra...
From the Detroit Free Press
LANSING — A judge should block the State of Michigan from taking $10 million from an Unemployment Insurance Agency fund to balance the state budget until refunds are paid to tens of thousands of residents falsely...
From MLive
SAGINAW, MI -- It was the day Henry Hill Jr.'s sister had been holding out hope 35 years for, and it didn't matter that she lived more than 1,500 away or that she had work; she'd be there.
"This is the day I've been waiting for, for...
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers attorney Jennifer Lord was featured on WJR Radio's Guy Gordon show to discuss the latest developments in the Michigan UIA Fraud case.
Listen to the entire interview here
Cary McGehee presents Champion of Justice Award to Morris Dees at MCHR annual dinner.[/caption] The Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR) recognized the lifetime efforts of iconic civil rights attorney Morris Dees at its recent annual dinner...
From the Detroit News - May 3, 2017
Lansing — The agency overseeing Michigan’s unemployment program said Wednesday that the number of botched fraud cases has risen by about a third after further review.
The Michigan Unemployment Insurance...
Channing Robinson began working as a law clerk at the firm in October 2015 while she was still in law school. Since that time, she has devoted innumerable hours to the firm’s class actions against Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency, as...
In September 2015, firm attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit against the State of Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). The complaint alleges that the automated system used for adjudicating unemployment insurance fraud, falsely accused as...
FLINT, Michigan (WJRT) - (04/24/17) - A Flint mom --whose baby was born premature -- is among those searching for answers about the lawsuits and the future of the Flint Water Crisis.
Monday night we heard from attorneys who are working on...
On April 24, 2017, the Flint Water Class Action Legal Team held an informational meeting for the Flint community at Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ in Flint. Throughout the night, Flint residents and other attendees spoke with...
April 19, 2017
Both the Detroit Free Press and WXYZ 7 continued coverage reporting on a former top aide to embattled Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds Karen Spranger, who told a county ethics board today that he has heard her refer to her...
From the Detroit Free Press
Two fired deputies of Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds Karen Spranger say they witnessed a pattern of incompetent, unethical and unlawful behavior that left the clerk's office "on the brink of collapse," according...
LANSING, MICH. - Leaders at the embattled Unemployment Insurance Agency in Michigan announced Wednesday they are reassigning close to two dozen managers to try to improve customer service in the field.
The state's Talent Investment Agency oversees...
MICHIGAN (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Michigan lawmakers are working to figure out how tens of thousands of people on unemployment across Michigan were wrongly accused of fraud.
On Monday the House Oversight Committee announced it had created a work group...
From Detroit Legal News
Michael Pitt has been selected for the 2017 Distinguished Service Award by the State Bar of Michigan's Labor & Employment Section. Pitt is co-founding partner of Royal Oak-based Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, one of...
From the Bridge - the Center for Michigan
February 7, 2917
A few days after a federal judge issued a Jan. 11 order commanding the state to “suspend all collection activity” against thousands of Michigan workers tagged with unemployment fraud,...
Detroit News - February 3, 2017
A federal judge has dismissed a major class-action lawsuit from Flint residents over how the state handled changes in the city's water.
U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara dismissed the case involving Flint...
Two top Battle Creek Police Department officers were fired after a seven-week investigation, Interim City Manager Susan Bedsole said Tuesday.
