The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a Michigan defendant’s petition for habeas corpus, finding that his attorneys were effective at his criminal trial, even though they did not investigate an “acetaminophen-based defense” and did not call an expert witness.

A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, finding it should not have been dismissed because the unsolicited faxes sent to the plaintiff’s dental office were indeed “advertisements” that violated the law.