Breach of Contract Franchisee Blair Taylor has won roughly $2 million in an arbitration against The Athlete’s Foot, the largest arbitration award in the athletic footwear company’s franchising history. Mr. Taylor and his company, C.O.I. Corp., were formerly the largest African-American franchisees in The Athlete’s Foot system, with an agreement

TROY – A lawsuit filed three years ago by 27 Ziebart dealers against their parent company has ended with a $1.9 million judgment, highlighting the contentious relationship franchises sometimes face. Franchises in nine states accused Ziebart International Corp. of intentionally under-pricing products at company owned stores. They also said Ziebart

At a time when many charities are struggling, the Detroit area’s Yatooma’s Foundation For The Kids is riding a steep and steady wave of support, with outreach efforts fanning out to Harrison Township, north to Pontiac and back to Detroit. The group’s mainstay fundraiser, Champions for the Kids, June 8-9,

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick continues to make the news, and attorney Norman Yatooma is in the thick of some of the proceedings. Yatooma, 37, represents the family of Tamara “Strawberry” Greene, the exotic dancer who was murdered on April 30, 2003 in a drive-by shooting. Greene is alleged to

A federal judge today ordered a 36th District Court judge to answer more questions and the city of Detroit to provide more information in a lawsuit resulting from the slaying of a woman said to have danced at a wild party at the Manoogian Mansion. U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen

Friday October 22, 2010 6pm Located at Capital Grille, in the Somerset Collection- North at 2800 West Big Beaver Road in Troy. The Capital Grille and Yatooma’s Foundation for the Kids present a five-course, wine-paired dinner to benefit children who have lost a parent. The event, , begins at 6

Angela Jackson’s little girls can finally pick out their rooms thanks to a new Habitat for Humanity house in Redford — a home that was built with cooperative spirit. “The home is the vital center of life for every family,” said Norman Yatooma, founder and president of Yatooma’s Foundation For

The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October as annual World Habitat Day to call attention to the current global state of the human habitat and push toward adequate housing for all. In observance of World Habitat Day today, Habitat for Humanity Western Wayne County, Redford Township and

A lawyer for the family of a woman who supposedly danced at a never-proven wild party at the Manoogian Mansion will get to question former mayoral bodyguard Loronzo Jones again about text messages. U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen issued an order Friday saying Birmingham lawyer Norman Yatooma could question Jones

DETROIT — A federal judge has ordered the former Detroit Mayor’s father, Bernard Kilpatrick, to appear in a contempt of court hearing to explain why he failed to comply with a subpoena by not showing up for his deposition in the Tamara Greene lawsuit. The contempt of court hearing has

A benefit for the Horatio Williams Foundation, which supplies uniforms for underprivileged inner city students, was held on Sept. 19 at the Art Van furniture store in Royal Oak. The evening event included fashion from Saks Fifth Avenue, a strolling dinner, and some of Hour Detroit’s Best Dressed honorees including

The nearly 200 people who chose to watch the Dream Cruise action from the dry and air conditioned comfort of the Bank of Birmingham lobby made a good call. They could sip, sup and watch the cruisers through the floor to ceiling windows and via the roof-mounted cam to the

DETROIT (WXYZ) – A federal judge has ordered the city of Detroit to turn over cell phone records for dozens of city employees as the discovery process continues in the family lawsuit for murdered exotic dancer Tamara Green. Federal magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen granted Green family attorneys access to

A federal magistrate today ordered the City of Detroit to turn over more information to the family of Tamara Greene, the slain stripper said to have danced at a wild party at the Manoogian Mansion. But Magistrate Steven Whalen said the city didn’t have to turn over incoming or outgoing

Myth Banquets (formerly known as Beaver Creek) is off of Stoney Creek road, that runs West off of Rochester road between Buell and 32 Mile in Oakland Twp., Michigan. The courses past owner, GTR Beaver Creek, had been in litigation with over 300 golf members regarding lifetime memberships for Beaver

Detroit — A federal magistrate judge today ordered the city of Detroit to produce cell phone records and other documents within 16 days to a lawyer representing the family of a murdered stripper. The city must produce personnel files of six city officials, including ex-Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings and

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (WXYZ) – Bernard Kilpatrick spent six hours Tuesday under oath being deposed by attorney Norman Yatooma, who’s representing the family of murdered exotic dancer Tamara Greene. Greene was gunned down in 2003. The Greene family filed a federal lawsuit alleging city officials and then mayor Kwame Kilpatrick covered