Legal Marketers mark the holidays
The Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Midwest at Detroit will host its Holiday Celebration on Monday, Dec. 13, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Rosie O’Grady’s in Ferndale.
Attendees will be treated to hors d’eoeuvres and supplied with two drink tickets to celebrate the season.
To register for this complimentary event, contact John Cornwell at jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com or Rich Marsolais at rmarsolais@honigman.com.
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Red kettle donations lagging this year
DETROIT (AP) — The Salvation Army says Red Kettle Campaign donations are down for the group’s biggest fundraiser of the year.
Maj. John Turner, general secretary of the Salvation Army’s Eastern Michigan Division, tells The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press the effort that runs through Jan. 31 is lagging $400,000 behind. This year’s fundraising goal is $7.8 million.
The charity fell short of last year’s goal and had to lay off about 15 people and close a community center in Detroit. Turner says the nonprofit is in “danger of losing vital programs” if donations don’t pick up.
Bell ringers and red kettles are located at more than 350 sites in southeast Michigan. Online donations also are accepted.
The Salvation Army is known for social programs including soup kitchens and alcohol rehabilitation.
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Bank sues ex-Lions player over $3.6M loan
DETROIT (AP) — A bank says a group of investors including former Lions defensive end Robert Porcher and Detroit businessman Bobby Ferguson defaulted on about $3.6 million loan to rehabilitate a historic building.
Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank filed a complaint this week in Detroit federal court against Porcher, Ferguson and 10 others seeking payment.
The group bought the Vinton Building in Detroit in 2005 for $500,000 with plans for offices, condominiums and shops, but the project stalled.
The lawsuit was first reported by The Detroit News.
Ferguson was charged in September with conspiracy to commit fraud and launder money.
He was an ally of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
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Fed prisons to accept some tribal convicts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prisons are opening their doors to some felons convicted in tribal courts.
The Justice Department says up to 100 American Indian prisoners at a time will be sent to federal prisons for the next four years as part of a pilot program outlined in the Tribal Law and Order Act.
President Barack Obama signed the act into law earlier this year.
It is designed to improve security on reservations. The program will only affect tribal prisoners convicted of serious violent crimes.
The act also calls for better training of tribal police, expands the sentencing authority of tribal courts from one to three years and improves the reporting of Indian crime data.
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