Some 700 tax-foreclosed properties going up for bid on Aug. 14 and 15
LANSING (AP) — More than 700 properties in 12 Michigan counties will be auctioned off during state-sanctioned auctions on Aug. 14 and 15.
Registration for interested bidders will begin at 9 a.m. each day with auctions scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
On Aug. 14, nearly 400 parcels in Dickinson, Iosco, Iron, Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Luce and Mecosta counties will be auctioned at a hotel in Grayling. And more than 360 properties in Branch, Clinton, Eaton, Livingston and Shiawassee counties will go to auction at a Lansing hotel the next day.
Properties being auctioned have been foreclosed upon due to delinquent property taxes. Parcels may be vacant residential or commercial lots or may have occupied or abandoned structures on them.
More information is available online at www.michigan.gov/propertyforeclosures.
Domestic Violence Committee offers free pro bono training
The State Bar of Michigan Domestic Violence Committee will host an introductory training on how to handle pro bono domestic violence family law cases from 1-5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26 at Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s Auburn Hills Campus. It will be simultaneously broadcast to Cooley’s three other campuses in Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, and Lansing.
The training, provided by attorneys with many years of hands-on family law experience, will cover initial client interviews, substantive legal issues, pleadings, and pretrial and trial practices as they relate to family law cases with domestic violence components. It will offer a comprehensive introduction to family and domestic violence law for attorneys new to this area of practice, and will also serve as a great refresher for more experienced attorneys.
The training is free of charge for attorneys who commit to take on a pro bono family law case within six months.
To register visit www.michbar.org/generalinfo/domesticviolence.cfm. For additional information contact SBM Pro Bono Counsel Robert Mathis at 517-346-6412 or rmathis@mail.michbar.org.
Report finds fault with handling of explosive device at fed. building
DETROIT (AP) — A new report criticizes the handling of an explosive device found outside a Detroit federal building and kept inside for three weeks before authorities were alerted.
The Detroit News said Wednesday that the report by the U.S. Homeland Security Department also faults the training, hiring practices and oversight of security guards at the McNamara Federal Building. That's where a tool bag with explosive components was left on Feb. 26, 2011, and not identified until March 18.
The report says the device didn't explode but represented a serious safety risk. It says three guards were fired, a fourth resigned and five others were suspended for their involvement.
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