Lawyer admission ceremony scheduled
The list of law school students who passed the February bar exam has been posted by the State Board of Law Examiners and is available on the board’s website — http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/BdofLawExaminers/index.htm.
Those with ties to the Macomb County area are encouraged to register for an admission ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, May 18.
The ceremony, sponsored by the Macomb County Bar Association, is scheduled for 3 p.m. in the third floor courtroom of Macomb County Circuit Court Chief Judge Mark Switalski.
The courthouse is located at 40 N. Main in Mt. Clemens.
Registration will begin at 2:30 p.m in the hallway outside Switalski’s courtroom.
Questions can be directed to the Macomb County Bar Association at 586.468.2940.
Communities join county in seeking jobs program
t least seven Macomb County communities have joined the county’s call asking the federal government to enact a jobs program and put Americans back to work, and more are expected to follow.
The cities of Richmond, Mt. Clemens, Memphis, Roseville and Center Line, as well as Clinton Township and Lenox Township have all followed the county’s lead and adopted resolutions in support of a jobs bill that would employ laid-off workers for at least the period of one year.
“We’re coming together as leaders because we know chronic unemployment affects every facet of our community, not just the unemployed,” said Macomb County Board Chairman Paul Gieleghem. “By speaking together, our voice is amplified.”
Macomb County experienced a 15.2 percent unemployment rate in December 2009, with about 60,000 people out of work.
Court to look at Costco sale of Swiss watches
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is stepping into a legal fight over Omega’s effort to stop Costco from offering the Swiss maker’s watches for up to a third less than they cost elsewhere.
The case has important implications for discount sellers like Costco and Target as well as eBay, Amazon and other companies that form an estimated $58 billion annual market for goods that are purchased abroad, then imported and resold without the permission of the manufacturer.
The justices recently said they will hear Costco’s appeal of a lower court ruling that sided with Omega in its attempt to invoke U.S. copyright law to halt the discount sales.
Omega owns a U.S. copyright on the Omega Globe Design symbol that is engraved on its watches at the time they are made.
The high court has previously ruled that copyright protections do not apply to goods made in the U.S., sold abroad and then imported back into the country for resale.
At issue in this case are items that are manufactured overseas, sold by their maker abroad and then brought back here for resale.
This means of purchase, importation and resale is sometimes called the secondary-goods or gray-goods market, and it is a big part of Costco’s business.
Roy Englert, Costco’s lawyer, said in court papers that there is no basis in law for “the distinction between goods made at home and those made abroad.”
The case will be argued in the fall.
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