Daily Briefs (Oct 29)

Honigman attorney  named secretary of SBM’s Tax Council
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP attorney Lynn A. Gandhi has been named secretary of the State Bar of Michigan’s governing body of the Tax Section known as the Tax Council. Gandhi is a Partner in Honigman’s Tax Appeals Department.

In her law practice, Gandhi advises clients on a national basis regarding multistate tax strategies, tax disputes and litigates state tax cases.  Her areas of concentration are state income and gross receipts taxes, sales and use taxes, the Michigan Business Tax (MBT) and other excise taxes.  She is also experienced in unclaimed property processes and audits, from both the preventive and defensive postures, and deeply engaged in investment incentive opportunities.  She is a Certified Public Accountant recognized in Michigan and Illinois. She is a past president of the Michigan Women’s Tax Association and served as chairperson of the Tax Executives Institute Detroit Chapter’s State and Local Tax Committee for four years.

She publishes and speaks frequently on pertinent state and local tax issues, including the new Michigan Business Tax and corporate tax best practices.

Gandhi was named in the 2010 and 2011 editions of  Best Lawyers in America. She earned a J.D. from Wayne State University and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University Law School. She received a B.A., cum laude, from Kalamazoo College.

Appeal spiked; teacher can’t be fired for lewd act at a boat party
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court won’t get involved in a dispute between a school district and a teacher who was photographed simulating sex acts on a mannequin at a boat party.

The court’s decision to sit it out Wednesday means the L’Anse Creuse district in Macomb County can’t fire Anna Land.

The middle school teacher was fired in 2007 but the state Tenure Commission and the Michigan appeals court overturned that ruling. In May, the appeals court said Land’s conduct was “coarse” but not illegal and not inappropriate for an adult event.

The pictures were taken without Land’s knowledge in 2005 and posted on a website two years later.

Notice
Please be advised that the Wayne County Probate Court will be closed in observance of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and will reopen on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 8 a.m.

In observance of Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2, the Wayne County Clerk’s Office will be operating as follows:
Closed: Assumed Names, Birth and Death Records, Concealed Weapons Permits, Notary Public, Passport Acceptance, Marriage License Application/Certification
Open: Elections, Circuit Court, Civil Filings (Room 201 CAYMC), Family/Domestic/PPO Filing (Room 928 CAYMC), Records, Criminal (FMHJ), and Juvenile (LHJ).

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