Legal ethics, social media focus of program
The Legal Ethics Committee of the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, will present a brown bag lunch seminar on “Legal Ethics & Social Media” on Wednesday, March 13 at the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in Detroit.
The event is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 100.
Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Hala Jarbou will moderate a panel featuring U.S. District Court Chief Judge Denise Page Hood, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Mona K. Majzoub, and Kenneth M. Mogill of Mogill, Posner, & Cohen.
The panel will explore how to ethically use social media to develop a practice and advocate for clients, and how to navigate ethical issues that arise with the use of social media.
For additional information, visit www.fbamich.org.
Prisoner released: Case broke ground over governor’s power
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man has been released from prison, more than eight years after then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm said he should be freed but then changed her mind before leaving office.
Matthew Makowski was released last Wednesday. He spent 29 years in prison.
Granholm shortened Makowski’s life sentence in 2010, making him eligible for parole, but reversed her decision.
Makowski took his case to the Michigan Supreme Court but the court ruled Granholm’s reversal was illegal.
The parole board last year approved Makowski’s release. But it was delayed again by an unsuccessful legal challenge from the victim’s family.
Makowski was convicted of murder in the fatal stabbing of a Dearborn health club co-worker. Makowski wasn’t present when Pete Puma was stabbed in 1988, but he had arranged for him to be robbed.
Jury awards nearly $17M to woman injured at Walmart
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A jury in West Virginia has returned a nearly $17 million verdict after a woman was injured when staffers tried to detain a shoplifter in Walmart.
A lawyer for 53-year-old Diane Ankrom says employees tried to detain the shoplifter when he ran into her shopping cart, in which she was pushing her granddaughter. Ankrom fell to the ground with the cart falling on top of her.
The lawyers say she suffered internal injuries that required surgeries.
The jury found Walmart 30 percent responsible and the shoplifter 70 percent, though it's unclear how the money will be split.
Big Sexy found after bolting from NY firefighter shoot
NEW YORK (AP) — Big Sexy the cat went on a five-week romp around New York City, bolting from a photo shoot for a bare-chested firefighter charity calendar.
The big black feline was finally found Friday on Staten Island after disappearing from a lower Manhattan firehouse.
The lost pet showed up in the backyard of a woman whose firefighter husband was a 9/11 first responder who died of cancer last year.
The firefighters called the cat Big Sexy, but its real name is Buddy. Staten Island resident Michele Froehlich-Perosi snapped a photo and posted it on Facebook. And the owner, Leslie Silbert, recognized her cat.
The code on the cat's embedded chip confirmed this was Big Sexy, aka Buddy.
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