On August 2, 2022, David Nacht obtained a sentence of two years of supervised release for a client who pled guilty to felony fraud in federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan. Nacht focused on the letters of support his client received, her steady employment...
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Northern Michigan University drops charges against student for circulating mental health survey
When Dominick Dotson was facing possible expulsion, simply for sending out a campus-wide mental health survey, he reached out to FIRE and Michigan Civil Rights Attorney Nick Roumel. With their advocacy, the expulsion proceedings were canceled and the parties were able...
Hospital Billing – We need to start exercising control of costs without sacrificing care
She Was Told Surgery Would Cost About $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000. Here is a link to the full NY Times story: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/us/colorado-hospital-lisa-french.html?referringSource=articleShare A galling fact of hospital billing is that they...
Thoughts on the cultural political geography of America
It is now well established that increasingly we live close to others who share our political preferences. No one plans to get an abortion before getting an unexpected pregnancy and so it is unlikely that people will choose to live in a state because they could get an...
The next battleground in abortion laws lies at the state level
The next battleground in abortion laws lies at the state level, and no issue will become hotter than whether states can punish women who travel out of state to get abortions.
The China Initiative disproportionally targets researchers
I have repeatedly blogged about the Justice Department’s “China Initiative”. By numerous accounts, China’s Communist government has pursued an intelligence gathering and intellectual property theft operation of enormous proportions in the USA. We want our Government...
Discrimination Against Overweight People
Discrimination against overweight people is common in American society. In my work, I have seen that for my clients, the effects of such discrimination in the American workplace are strikingly unequal between men and women.The New York Times article, Body-Shaming...
Can you be fined or jailed if you do not get vaccinated? What if HB 4471 passes?
Employers and the federal government are adopting mandatory vaccination policies. In New York City, clubs and restaurants are checking vaccine cards. Medicare will now require nursing homes to vaccinate staff. Many employers, hospitals, and universities throughout...
Suits to challenge mandatory vaccines will likely fail
Mandatory vaccine use for COVID-19 is starting at many universities and a few employers. Many more employers will soon mandate vaccines for employees and perhaps visitors to the workplace. Some people believe they have a legal basis to challenge such requirements. As...
Derek Chauvin case: Michigan reacts to guilty verdicts
Any decent person who saw the video of the police officer suffocating a man on the ground was horrified. Why was it a news story when the jury found the officer guilty? It was newsworthy precisely because the crime captured a national conversation about policing and...