The doctrine of judicial immunity has deep roots in American law. This doctrine provides that judges cannot be held civilly liable for decisions made in their official capacity. It is designed to preserve judicial independence; if judges could be held liable for their decisions, they would undoubtedly become overly cautious. Decision-making would be motivated not…

The attorney-client privilege is one of the oldest and most revered evidentiary privileges in our legal system. But as the Michigan Court of Appeals recently held in Odeh v Auto Club Insurance Association, assertion of this privilege is not always without cost. The plaintiff in Odeh was in a car accident in 1998 and sustained…