FBA book club takes a look at the Bard
The Book Club of the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, will host a discussion of “A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare’s Plays Teach Us About Justice” by Kenji Yoshino on Friday, December 7 at the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in Detroit.
The event will begin at noon in the Judges’ Conference Center, Room 722.
The book club discussion will focus on “Merchant of Venice” and “Measure by Measure.”
There is no charge for FBA members to attend.Non-members will be charged $5 per session.Lunch will be offered for $10 or attendees my bring their own.
To participate in the FBA Book Club, register online at www.fbamich.org or contact Brian Figot at 248.594.5950 or fbamich@fbamich.org.
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State to review case after boy’s death
VERMILION, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio agency plans to investigate social workers’ previous interactions with a family whose youngest son died of malnutrition last week.
An Ohio Department of Job and Family Services spokesman tells the Sandusky Register the review will look at whether the death was a preventable tragedy and whether children’s services workers complied with state and federal regulations.
The head of Erie County Job and Family Services has said the children in the family were receiving proper care when court oversight and the agency’s year of supervision ended in 2009.
No charges have been filed in the death of the 18-month-old boy, but six other children were removed from the home in Vermilion and four were hospitalized.
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Suspension ordered for former AG
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered Marc Dann, who resigned as the state’s attorney general in 2008 amid a sexual harassment scandal, to give up his law license for six months.
The court’s decision was a blow to Dann’s attempt to rebuild his reputation through pro bono work with clients facing foreclosure and means he can’t earn a living as an attorney during the term of the suspension.
The punishment marked a small victory for Dann: The six-month suspension was half the one-year term that was at one time recommended. The court gave Dann credit for fulfilling his community service obligations, paying his fines and submitting a pile of letters from judges attesting to his character.
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Health care law advances in states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Threatened with repeal just weeks ago, President Barack Obama’s health care law now appears on track in close to half the states, with others playing catch-up and the administration readying a fallback for states not wishing to participate.
Friday, November 16 was the original deadline for states to notify Washington if they would play a role in building new health insurance markets through which the uninsured can get coverage
starting in 2014. Though the administration granted a month’s extension, most states have already made their intentions known.
Twenty-two states plus Washington, D.C., are proceeding; 14 said they’d defer to the federal government to run their markets, and 14 are still mulling over their options.
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