Getting ready for the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is just around the corner and the Macomb County Bar Association has just the event to prepare for the big game.
It’s the “Get Ready for Some Football” Super Bowl Warm-up Party, scheduled for Thursday, January 30 at 5 p.m. at Limelight Sports Bar & Grill, 30200 Van Dyke in Warren.
Featured guests will be 37th District Court Judges John Chmura, Matthew Sabaugh and Dean Ausilio.
For more information, call the MCBA?at 586.468.2940.
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Judge: No role for creditors regarding art
DETROIT (AP) — A judge overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy has rejected a request from creditors who want a role in deciding what to do with the city’s valuable art collection.
Federal Judge Steven Rhodes says he lacks authority to appoint a committee.
Creditors filed a request two months ago to have a say in the appraisal of art and any potential way to make money from it. Since then, foundations have pledged more than $300 million to prevent any sale and shore up Detroit pensions.
Separately, Gov. Rick Snyder has talked to state lawmakers about the state chipping in. Christie’s auction house has appraised about 2,800 pieces of art, saying they’re worth $454 million to $867 million.
Rhodes says there will be opportunities later to argue over what to do with art, if anything.
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Man accused in scam arrested in Germany
SAGINAW (AP) — A Michigan man charged last year after authorities said he took part in an investment scheme that defrauded senior citizens has been arrested in Germany.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a statement that 31-year-old Joel Wilson of Saginaw was arrested recently in Dresden. Schuette said paperwork has been filed to begin the extradition process.
Wilson went to Germany as investigators worked on the case in 2012, according to Schuette He faces nine charges, including conducting a criminal enterprise.
Wilson told WNEM-TV last year in a telephone interview from Germany that he was “overcharged.”
Investigators say Wilson used The Diversified Group Advisory Fund LLC, a former investment company, to get money from investors in the Saginaw and Bay City areas.
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High court ponders union fees for workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether making nonunion home health care workers in Illinois pay “fair-share” union fees is an unconstitutional violation of their First Amendment rights.
The case could have major implications for public service unions.
The justices heard arguments last week from lawyers for Illinois homecare personal assistants who don’t want to be affiliated with a union.
In Illinois, nonunion home health care workers have to pay “fair share fees” to compensate the union for its work for all of the workers. Those workers sued, saying that the fees violate the First
Amendment by compelling them to associate with the union.
Lower courts have thrown out the lawsuit. If the high court agrees it would make it more difficult for unions to collect money for their work.
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