LAD to hold outreach clinic in Fraser
Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. (LAD) will conduct a free outreach clinic on civil legal services for income-eligible residents of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties on Wednesday, August 24 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at H.O.P.E. Center, 33222 Groesbeck Highway, in Fraser.
Attendees are asked to register before 10:00 a.m., as LAD staff will assist only those persons who have registered by that time.
For information, call Shawniece Clark, paralegal at LAD's Mount Clemens office, at 586.465.1344, ext. 5003.
LAD is the largest provider of free civil legal services to low-income residents of Michigan. It serves metropolitan Detroit through its offices in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
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Races scheduled for September 25
The Oakland County Bar Association will present its 32nd annual Race Judicata on Sunday, September 25 at Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills.
The event, which begins at 9:30 a.m., will feature 5-kilometer and 10-km runs as well as a 5-km walk.
Team competition will be offered in both races with the top three finishing times tabulated for each squad, which are limited to five members.
The entry fee is $15 if registered by September 21. Race day registration costs $20. The cost for walkers is $10 in advance and $15 on September 25. Long sleeve T-shirts will be distributed to each entrant.
Registration information is available online at www.ocba.org or by calling 248.334.3400. The event is sponsored by Dean & Fulkerson.
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Judge denies Kilpatrick motion on book profits
DETROIT (AP) — A judge has denied a motion by Kwame Kilpatrick to change an order that created an escrow account for any profits the recently paroled ex-Detroit mayor gets for his new memoirs.
Kilpatrick lawyer Daniel Hajji says the escrow account order violates his client’s First Amendment right to free speech and says he’ll appeal.
Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner says he’s only ordering that proceeds from “Surrendered: The Rise, Fall & Revelation of Kwame Kilpatrick” go first to pay the $860,000 owed to Detroit in restitution.
Kilpatrick agreed to pay the city $1 million as part of his plea to two criminal charges in 2008.
Kilpatrick’s book arrived in bookstores this month. He left prison this month after serving time for obstruction of justice.
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Former autoworkers win $6M settlement
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. and the company that ran California’s only auto manufacturing plant have agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit by former workers who claim they were illegally denied severance benefits.
Seven workers who were on medical leave in the six months before the New United Motor Manufacturing plant in Fremont closed last year allege that NUMMI and Toyota violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by refusing to give them bonuses that were offered to employees who worked during that time.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced the settlement. NUMMI will give $3.8 million and Toyota will contribute $2.2 million to a fund for all workers who missed out on the bonuses.
If a federal judge approves, the deal could bring the plaintiffs about $31,000 each.
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