Bankruptcy symposium offered February 18
The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and the committee of the Walter Shapiro Bankruptcy Symposium will present an educational session following the Shapero Cup Moot Court Competition on Monday, Feb. 18 at the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in Detroit.
The symposium, held in Room 115, is scheduled to begin a 5 p.m.
The will feature a discussion of the same Duberstein fact pattern the teams argued earlier in the day followed by an awards ceremony and a reception.
Speaking at the symposium will be Susan Cook of Warner, Norcross, &?Judd LLP; Anthony Kochis of Wolfson Bolton PLLC; and U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Daniel S. Opperman.
Cost is $25 per person. Tickets may be purchased online at www.abi.org/events.
State AG to review predecessor’s opinion on LGBT protections
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel will review her predecessor’s opinion that state law doesn’t protect LGBT people from discrimination.
Nessel gave no timeline for findings but signaled support for the request made last Friday by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission as the board met in Detroit.
The Democrat says she wants “to ensure all people who live in and visit our state are treated equally and fairly under the law.”
The commission in July directed the state Department of Civil Rights to continue investigating complaints based on sexual orientation and gender identity, despite then-Attorney General Bill Schuette’s opinion.
The Republican said last year the board overstepped when it said the state’s civil rights law covered those categories.
State high court to weigh appeal based on impulsivity issue
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court will consider if judges can allow evidence on whether defendants have brain damage making it more than likely a crime was committed impulsively rather than with premeditation.
The court has agreed to consider the appeal of Stephen Jay Malone Jr., who was convicted of first-degree murder and other crimes in the killing of his wife. Her sister was wounded in the same shooting.
A state Court of Appeals decision on Malone’s appeal upheld his convictions and said past Supreme Court decisions on admission of impulsivity are “nuanced.”
According to the decision, courts can’t consider evidence that a defendant’s mental disorder short of insanity negates criminal intent but can consider evidence that a character trait for impulsivity didn’t indicate premeditation.
Dispute over medical marijuana limits reaches high court
BYRON TOWNSHIP (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments in a dispute over whether a Kent County township can restrict where medical marijuana is grown.
Byron Township near Grand Rapids, has an ordinance that bars registered caregivers from growing marijuana at a commercial property. The state appeals court said the ordinance conflicts with Michigan’s medical marijuana law.
The court says local governments can’t restrict where caregivers grow medical marijuana as long as the marijuana is in an “enclosed, locked facility.”
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