FBA seminar focuses on basic Excel skills
The Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, will present “You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks: Excel” as an online seminar on Friday, April 9, from 3 to 4 p.m.
This is part of an on-going series of hands-on instructional classes to provide those with little to no experience an introduction to various programs.
It will be a very basic class taught over Zoom with hands-on instruction.
FBA members can attend for free; guests pay $15. To register, visit https://fbamich.org and click on “events.”
State Bar program focuses on pipeline programs, COVID-19
The next program in the State Bar of Michigan’s Critical Conversation series will focus on pipeline resources and the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Critical Conversation: Pipeline Programs and COVID-19” will be presented Thursday, April 8, beginning at noon.
Individuals involved with programs that help young people considering a legal career should are encouraged to participate.
Whether organizations pivoted to virtual events or put a program on hold during the pandemic, the SBM is bringing stakeholders from across Michigan together to share lessons learned and strategize about how to move forward.
The one-hour discussion will be held via Zoom and feature a panel of experts and an open forum for participants.
Registration can be completed at www.michbar.org/news/viewevent/eid/1833
Judge: Lawsuit over false jobless fraud can proceed
LANSING (AP) — Michigan residents whose unemployment claims were wrongfully rejected as fraudulent by a computer system can sue the system’s developers and state officials, a federal judge has ruled.
Five plaintiffs sued FAST Enterprises LLC, CSG Government Solutions and five state employees in 2017, alleging that the staffers’ actions and flaws with the automated computer system put them at financial risk and even bankruptcy.
In an recent opinion, U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson dismissed one plaintiff and three defendants but ruled that the case will move forward.
State officials AACC acknowledged that at least 20,000 Michigan residents — and possibly as many as 40,000 — were wrongly accused of fraud between 2013 and 2015 by a $47 million computer system, purchased from FAST Enterprises, that the state operated without human supervision and with an error rate as high as 93 percent.
The system allegedly made an excessive percentage of fraud determinations between 2013 and 2015 during then-Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration, even after the errors were pointed out by staffers, Lawson’s opinion states.
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