I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Michigan-based Dow Chemical is seeking several billion dollars from the government of Kuwait after the Middle Eastern nation withdrew from a joint venture to open a chemical company in the region.
Dow said it will seek damages from Kuwait in court and in the International Chamber of Commerce in London, as specified in the canceled agreement. Damages aren’t limited to the $2.5 billion termination fee, Liveris said.
“We are seeking multiple billions of dollars in remedy, and we will pursue all legal options to get that,” he said in the interview. “That’s what I consider the minimum. There is a breach of a commercial contract.”
Kuwait canceled the venture on Dec. 28 after the government came under pressure from opposition lawmakers to scrap the deal, which they said was overpriced amid falling oil prices.
The Kuwaiti government says their withdrawal was allowed by the contract that was signed. Dow is now seeking new partners for the project.
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