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DOWAGIAC — When a downtown building came up for sale, an Indiana man with ties to Dowagiac jumped at the chance to return to the city. In January, attorney Marcel Lebbin purchased 140 S. Front St. after being named Dowagiac city attorney in December 2021. As a result of the purchase, antique retailer RUsT has closed, and held a liquidation sale in March. In addition to working with the city,...

Sue Murphy I recently received a text saying it was time to have my exterior windows washed. (It was from the cleaning company, not my neighbors.) Anyway, I thought, “Didn’t I just do that?” I checked and I had indeed done that … six months ago. It was time to do it again. “Didn’t I just do that?” It’s the same thought I had wiping down my shower this morning. Being a daily chore, this activi...

555 12th Street. Photo: Savills Law firm Barnes & Thornburg is moving to a new home in Washington, D.C., to accommodate its growth, Commercial Observer has learned. The expanding law firm has signed a 13-year lease to take the top floor at District Center at 555 12th Street NW in downtown D.C., owned by a joint venture between MetLife Investment Management and Norges Bank Investment Manag...

Birmingham police officers stand near the scene of a fatal shooting at the Panorama East Apartments on December 20, 2018 (abc3340.com) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge has dismissed a capital murder charge, ruling that a man acted under the state’s Stand Your Ground law, which allows people to use deadly force in self-defense. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Alaric May issued an order ...

The Ohio Supreme Court accepted the resignation of Edd K. Wright of New Philadelphia from the practice of law while disciplinary action was pending against him. The court released its decision on Monday. More:Attorney Edd K. Wright found guilty of stealing from three estates Wright, 83, is scheduled to be sentenced May 3 in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court for stealing from the estates o...

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, left, PennDOT Acting Executive Deputy Secretary Melissa Batula and PennDOT District 5 Executive Mike Rebert at a highway construction site on Route 61 and Interstate 78 near Hamburg on Monday discuss federal funding for infrastructure improvements. (BILL UHRICH — READING EAGLE) Beneath a gray sky, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey stood at a podium set up on an abandoned entry ramp to ...

Aspiring law students who are interested in the financial or business side of law should consider working at a startup.(Getty Images) Spring is a time of transition, with a new crop of college graduates about to enter the workforce while others finish programs and fellowships. Whether you are about to take a gap year before attending law school or are already in the workforce, it’s worth thin...

Peskin's office said they want the law to facilitate better communication between landlords and tenants in San Francisco. San Francisco passed a law requiring landlords to bargain with renters who want to organize. That was after SF's biggest landlord, Veritas, allegedly refused to meet with its tenants. Veritas renters are looking for relief as rent costs — and inflation in general — sp...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky judge on Monday blocked measures that would weaken the governor's contracting authority and prevent him from challenging laws in court. The two new laws were temporarily blocked by Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas D. Wingate after the legislature passed them last week over Gov. Andy Beshear's vetoes. One of the laws being challenged would designate Kentucky's a...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a law Monday that will allow the state to move forward with plans to build a canal in Colorado to divert water out of the South Platte River because of fears about Colorado’s increased water use. Ricketts proposed the canal project to help protect Nebraska’s water rights asthe population of Colorado’s Front Range increases, although Colo...