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Aghogho Edevbie, 28
He's the youngest attorney on staff; and in his role overseeing litigation for the county's DPS, he's saving county taxpayers money. → Read More
UM names new dean of Ross School of Business
D. Scott DeRue is promoted to replace Alison Davis-Blake at Ross while the board of regents names a University of Texas System executive as dean of the nursing school. → Read More
Whistleblowers: Scandal response can help, hurt
The whistleblowers in the Enron and WorldCom scandals tell Crain's General and In-House Counsel Summit that policymakers' reactions can help, but also be complex and unwieldy. → Read More
Michigan cities get OK to influence wages on public projects
Municipalities can pass their own ordinances governing rates paid to building contractors and vendors, the Michigan Supreme Court found Tuesday in a decision that also faults a lower court for reaching the same conclusion. → Read More
Custom Home Health acquires Troy hospice provider
Troy-based Advanced Professional Hospice Care relocates from Troy to Royal Oak as Custom Hospice LLC after acquisition. → Read More
New commander confident of Warren Tacom's future
While experts have said some streamlining talks may begin at the Pentagon next year, Maj. Gen. Clark LeMasters Jr. seemed confident that the Macomb County facility would remain an Army priority. → Read More
Merit Network seeks proposals to host cybersecurity hubs
Submissions to replicate publicly accessible training center hubs of the Cyber Range are due May 15. → Read More
Appeals court backs UM over 'informal' closed meetings
The lawsuit claimed that regents violated the state's Open Meetings Act. The court decision determined that UM was required to hold only formal meetings in public. → Read More
Deadline looms for auto companies to challenge deposition orders
The Detroit civil lawsuit, which approaches $500,000 in settlements and $2.6 billion in possible criminal fines, alleges price-fixing in parts of the supply chain. The orders call for 'non-party' OEMs to provide up to 14 hours of deposition. → Read More
Automakers face deadline to challenge deposition orders in supplier price-fixing litigation
General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and other automakers by next week must decide if they will challenge an order that they give depositions in the massive Detroit civil lawsuit alleging price-fixing in the supply chain. → Read More
EPA faces complaint listing $220 million in damages over Flint water
The filing on behalf of 513 Flint residents claims property and personal injury damages. Another 250 residents may join in the complaint. → Read More
Jeffrey Hertrich, 30
Hertrich is helping to form a United Kingdom subsidiary, AF Global Capital Ltd., to participate in a Lloyd's of London syndicate and diversify AF Group's income outside the U.S. → Read More
Daniel Persinger, 41
Persinger assisted in the acquisition and sale of a North Carolina grocery chain to assist a customer and maintain SpartanNash's distribution volume. → Read More
Kymberly Kinchen, 42
Kinchen is creating and implementing a division-level global compliance and ethics program for TriMas and automating a compliance review process for company suppliers. → Read More
Masco Corp. boosts cabinets business, sheds debt
The Taylor-based company may have lifted one of a few lingering clouds that investors saw over its financial outlook after turning around its struggling cabinets business and shedding some debt. → Read More
UM gets $3 million to relocate center, $3 million to fund innovations
The donation from attorney Mark Bernstein and his wife will help move the Trotter center on campus. The gift from the Monroe-Brown Foundation will go toward seed funding for biomedical startups. → Read More
Rhodes' DPS plan: No school building closures next year
The state's largest school district "can look forward to enrollment stability" and decisions about right-sizing its footprint to match falling enrollment are best left to an elected school board, the transition manager says in a report. → Read More
University of Michigan student startups win combined $430,000 in Houston competition
Neurable LLC won a $50,000 second place prize, plus a separate OWL Investment Prize worth up to $280,000. PreDXion claimed a separate $100,000 TiE Boston Angel Investment Prize. → Read More
Alleged robocalls, text messages add to ViSalus dispute
Court disputes between Troy-based ViSalus Inc. and many of the direct sales company’s former distributors have added a new dimension lately in federal court — allegations of robocalls and unwelcome mass text-messages. → Read More
4 Dykema partners leave to start own firm
Four partners at Dykema Gossett PLLC have left to start their own business and employment firm. → Read More