Daily Briefs

WLAM to host lunch and discussion on ‘How to Become a Judge’
  The Women Lawyers of Michigan — Wayne Region are hosting a ‘Lunch and Learn’ with Wayne Circuit Judge Lynne Pierce Wednesday, March 30 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Dykema’s downtown Detroit offices at 400 Renaissance Center, 23rd floor. Pierce will provide insight on how to become a judge at the state trial court level. The discussion will be facilitated by the judge’s daughter, Lauren Phillips, a Dykema litigator. The lunch is free for WLAM members and $5 for non-members. RSVP to lmphillips@dykema.com by March 29.

Michigan liquor commission facing lawsuit over beer name
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Maryland-based brewery is suing the Michigan Liquor Control Commission over the agency’s decision to reject labels for the bottler’s "Raging B----" beer.
  Flying Dog Brewery is asking a federal judge to issue an injunction overriding the board’s decision and allow it to advertise and sell the beer in Michigan.
  Frederick, Md.-based Flying Dog says it has refrained from retailing the beer in the state out of fear of criminal penalty for selling without a license.
  A message seeking comment from the state Liquor Control Commission was left by The Associated Press on Monday.
The Grand Rapids Press reports Flying Dog markets approved labels in Michigan, including “Doggie Style” Classic Pale Ale and “In Heat Wheat” Hefeweizen Ale.
  The suit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.

U.S. Supreme Court to decide if teacher can sue church school
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether a teacher at a church-run school is a religious or secular worker when it comes to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  The high court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School of Redford, Mich.
Cheryl Perich got sick then tried to return to work. Still, the school fired her. She complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which sued the church.
  The church wants the case thrown out. The ADA has a “ministerial exception” which prevents government involvement in the employee-employer relationship between churches and ministerial employees.
  But the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Perich’s job as a teacher was secular, not religious, so the exception blocking the lawsuit        didn’t count.

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