Covenant Health System, which operates more than 20 healthcare facilities in Michigan, and two doctors have agreed to pay more than $69 million to settle claims by federal and state authorities that doctors provided referrals to Covenant in exchange for kickbacks.
Curtis Blackwell’s latest lawsuit against Mark Dantonio and others is also dismissed
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
Michigan State Director Of College Advancement/Perfomance Curtis Blackwell talks with the media during their national signing day media session at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, on Wednesday, February 1, 2017. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Former Michigan State football staff member Curtis Blackwell is now 0-for-3 on attempts to sue former coach Mark Dantonio.
Blackwell’s federal lawsuit in Michigan’s Eastern District, which was filed in June 2020, was dismissed with prejudice on Friday by United States District Court judge Sean Cox. In a 41-page opinion and order, Cox ruled in favor of Dantonio and the co-defendants – Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman, Dantonio attorney Thomas Kienbaum, the Jones Day law firm and Jones Day attorney Louis Gabel.
Candidates emerge to replace Schneider as U.S. attorney in Detroit
Detroit U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced Thursday that he has resigned as the top law enforcement official in southeast Michigan after leading a crackdown on public corruption and imposing federal oversight of the United Auto Workers.
The move coincided with the inauguration of President Joe Biden, who will nominate new U.S. Attorneys nationwide in coming months. Schneider will be replaced next month on an interim basis by veteran federal prosecutor Saima Mohsin,
who will become the first female, immigrant, Muslim U.S. attorney in American history.
A diverse field of current and former federal prosecutors has signaled interest in becoming the next U.S. attorney in Detroit. The group is emerging as Biden has signaled interest in fixing racial injustice at a time of heightened focus on disparities within the criminal justice system.