Panel of legislators featured at WSU Law online program
Wayne State University Law School will present a webinar on “State Legislative Oversight and the Pandemic: Conducting Oversight on Emergency Government Contracts” on Tuesday, May 4, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. via Zoom.
State legislators from across the country will gather for a panel discussion on legislative oversight of contracts signed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Webinar attendees will hear from a panel of leading elected officials across the country including State Sen. Dan Johnson from Idaho, State Assembly member David Chiu from California and State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh from Nebraska.
The event follows the Levin Center at Wayne Law’s recent case study report on oversight of emergency contracts in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
There is no cost to attend the webinar.
Registration can be completed by visiting https://rsvp.wayne.edu/state-legislative-oversight-and-the-pandemic.
‘Past Presidents Presentation’ planned online by ADTC
The Association of Defense Trial Counsel will host an online “Past Presidents Presentation” on Tuesday, May 11, beginning at 6 p.m.
The videoconference will welcome in the new ADTC board, including President Amhed Hassouna, and honor Past Presidents Dahlia Dallo and Colleen Burke for their work the past two years.
In addition, the ADTC will recognize former executive director, Diane Hirshey, for her devotion to the organization along with presenting attorney Brian Einhorn with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Contact Jessica Dzieszkowski at adtc.detroit@gmail.com for information.
Board deadlocks on measure to repeal emergency law
LANSING (AP) — Michigan's elections board deadlocked Thursday on certifying a veto-proof initiative that would enable the Republican-led Legislature to wipe from the books a law Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to issue sweeping pandemic orders last year.
The 2-2 vote means proponents of the ballot drive will go to court.
Democrats on the Board of State Canvassers voted not to certify the citizen-initiated measure despite a recommendation by the state elections bureau, which determined Unlock Michigan collected 460,00 valid signatures — more than the roughly 340,000 needed.
Republicans supported certification.
For months, the Democratic governor used the emergency-powers law to order and keep intact restrictions on the economy to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The Michigan Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional in October, but Unlock Michigan wants to repeal it to prevent a future court from deciding differently.
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