/michigan?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Michigan Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:58:11 +0000 /michigan/articles/2371280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2371280 In this special edition of Wheeling & Appealing, we're spotlighting key decisions and developments in every circuit court during the first half of 2025, while also previewing August's most intriguing oral arguments, including a remarkably "fierce" showdown between Edible Arrangements and 1-800-Flowers with millions of dollars in attorney fees on the line. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:43:52 +0000 /michigan/articles/2372438?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2372438 A ruling from Michigan's highest court creates uncertainty for employers about the enforceability of contractually shortened limitation periods in the state, attorneys told ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:59:50 +0000 /michigan/articles/2372533?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2372533 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into how law firms are winning the succession game, and the Trump administration's efforts to cut red tape for data center projects. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:44:01 +0000 /michigan/articles/2372431?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2372431 Two Virginia-based right-wing activists accepted a plea on felony charges on Friday for leading a misinformation robocall campaign that discouraged Black voters from voting by mail in the 2020 election, the Michigan attorney general's office announced. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:02:35 +0000 /michigan/articles/2372408?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2372408 The Trump administration has improperly "weaponized" federal laws against drug misbranding, false claims and female genital mutilation as part of a pressure campaign to undermine state protections for gender-affirming care, a coalition of state attorneys general argued in a new suit Friday. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:26:14 +0000 /michigan/articles/2372304?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2372304 The First Circuit on Friday seemed inclined to say that the children of unauthorized immigrants are citizens if they were born on U.S. soil, citing both the 14th Amendment and a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and pushing back on an argument by President Donald Trump's administration. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:05:58 +0000 /michigan/articles/2372217?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2372217 The Sixth Circuit upheld a Michigan law that prohibits the use of drones for hunting, finding the state has a compelling reason to manage wildlife hunts despite the free speech objections lodged by the plaintiffs. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /michigan/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:47:22 +0000 /michigan/articles/2372205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2372205 A Michigan federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by two students claiming their Michigan State University professor should be liable for charging them a $99 course fee that she used to fund her political activism, saying the students were given a refund and the fee was not "compelled speech." Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:11:33 +0000 /michigan/articles/2372156?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2372156 A former employee of Flat Rock Metal and Bar Processing has asked a Michigan federal judge to grant a green light to a $1.8 million settlement in a suit claiming the trustees of the company's employee stock ownership plan allowed the plan to buy $60 million in company stock at an inflated price. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:55:57 +0000 /michigan/articles/2371634?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2371634 A Michigan man will be given a new trial after a split state appeals panel on Thursday found that because a trial judge failed to swear in the jury that convicted him of criminal sexual conduct, a structural error occurred with the proceeding. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:58:21 +0000 /michigan/articles/2371958?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2371958 A Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday upheld an Ohio federal court's decision finding that a trade union, three trustees of a union benefit fund, and a fund participant cannot remove two other trustees they accused of self-dealing, saying they failed to show they would face irreparable harm. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:37:47 +0000 /michigan/articles/2371602?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2371602 A property insurer for numerous restaura