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August 27, 2026
A D.C. Circuit panel granted the Trump administration's push to pause consolidated cases challenging orders that blocked a Pennsylvania power plant from retiring while litigation over similar orders involving a Michigan power plant play out.
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August 26, 2026
Top House Education and Workforce Committee Republicans urged the U.S. Department of Labor's watchdog Wednesday to expand its review of information-sharing arrangements with outside groups, asking whether three additional agencies improperly disclosed confidential investigative material during the Biden administration.
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August 26, 2026
Eton Pharmaceuticals can proceed with trademark infringement and false advertising claims accusing Extreme V of marketing a dietary supplement as a Wilson disease treatment, with a Michigan federal judge finding that Extreme V's defenses and factual challenges could not dispose of the case at the pleading stage.
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August 26, 2026
A Michigan federal judge has allowed a telecommunications carrier to pursue claims that Detroit discriminated against it over access to city-controlled fiber conduit, while dismissing state constitutional, antitrust and mandamus counts.
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August 26, 2026
A candidate hopeful for Wayne Probate Court judge will not appear on the ballot in November after a Michigan Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's decision that her nominating petitions did not have enough signatures to garner her certification.
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August 26, 2026
Dodge Ram 1500 drivers filed a proposed class action Tuesday in Michigan federal court against automaker Fiat Chrysler, alleging their vehicles suffer from a uniform and systemic defect that's causing persistent check engine light illumination, and unexpected stalling or stopping while in motion, posing a dangerous risk of vehicle collisions.
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August 26, 2026
Two Allen Park, Michigan, police officers have won dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit over the 2022 arrest of a man whose disabled vehicle ended up on railroad tracks, with a federal judge finding that although a jury could conclude one officer used excessive force, he was protected by qualified immunity.
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August 26, 2026
Trucking industry groups contend the Fifth Circuit unjustifiably expanded liability for upstream motor carriers when it recently held that trucking services giant Penske Logistics LLC could be held vicariously liable for a fatal 2018 Texas collision caused by a motor carrier that Penske knew nothing about.
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August 26, 2026
Several DTE Energy Co. entities should not be allowed to escape a $100 million civil penalty a Michigan federal judge imposed for Clean Air Act violations at a coke production facility near Detroit, the U.S. Department of Justice has told the Sixth Circuit.
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August 26, 2026
FCA US LLC has urged a Detroit federal judge to dismiss Autoliv's amended countercomplaint in their contract dispute, saying that the automotive safety supplier acknowledged in its latest filing that it missed the deadline to request a price increase for an FCA-driven air bag redesign.
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August 26, 2026
Meta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion and enact reforms to Facebook and Instagram to resolve sprawling social media addiction claims, in the midst of a high-stakes bellwether trial over whether the company hid or downplayed its platforms' allegedly harmful impact on minors, state enforcers say.
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August 25, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge gave a former Taro Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. marketing executive a partial victory in generic drug price-fixing litigation, tossing several claims by state attorneys general but allowing others to proceed after finding that a jury could conclude he joined certain conspiracies.
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August 25, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge who ordered the U.S. Postal Service earlier this month to stop work on a new rule restricting delivery of some mail-in ballots concluded Tuesday that the USPS flouted her pencils-down nationwide injunction by continuing to develop and promulgate the new rule.
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August 25, 2026
A Washington federal judge Monday partly granted a group of states' bid for expedited discovery in their suit over the Trump administration's attempt to cut nearly $1 billion in funding for K-12 mental health grants, finding the information could assist the court before a hearing for a preliminary injunction.
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August 25, 2026
A Michigan federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging Washtenaw County policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities, ruling that the federal government cannot compel local officials to help carry out its immigration enforcement.
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August 25, 2026
A trade group representing large employee benefit plan administrators wrote in support of insurance giant Progressive at the Sixth Circuit, asking the appellate court to back dismissal of a proposed class action alleging the insurer wrongfully charged workers more for healthcare who used tobacco and refused COVID-19 vaccination.
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August 25, 2026
Democratic attorney general candidate Eli Savit and secretary of state candidate Garlin Gilchrist II can remain on track to appear on Michigan's November ballot after a state appellate panel upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to disqualify them, ruling that a lower court wrongly rejected the challenger's amended complaint but that the error was harmless.
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August 25, 2026
A Sixth Circuit panel on Monday allowed to proceed a Michigan federal lawsuit filed against a Detroit judge who handcuffed a 15-year-old student and subjected her to a mock trial after she fell asleep in his courtroom, ruling that judicial immunity does not protect him.
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August 24, 2026
Fiat Chrysler is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split over whether an arbitrator or a court should decide the proper venue for a dispute involving a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement, in a proposed class action over allegedly defective Jeep and Dodge headrests.
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August 24, 2026
The Michigan Judicial Council heard input on its six-point strategic plan to improve the courts system Monday during a Zoom public forum.
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August 24, 2026
A Michigan federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a Washtenaw County assistant prosecutor's lawsuit accusing the elected prosecutor and his office of retaliating against him after he filed a grievance, finding he plausibly alleged First Amendment, whistleblower and race discrimination claims.
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August 24, 2026
A Michigan federal court has refused to dismiss a proposed collective action brought by a nurse who alleged that Trinity Health Corp. failed to pay patient care workers for meal breaks regularly interrupted by patient care duties, finding that the complaint adequately alleges that the large Catholic health system qualifies as his employer under federal wage law.
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August 24, 2026
The Trump administration can proceed with plans to implement some new nationwide mail-in voting regulations ahead of this year's midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, but questions remain about the enforceability of proposed U.S. Postal Service restrictions.
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August 24, 2026
The Sixth Circuit has affirmed a district court decision letting a city near Detroit bar Pride and other non-national flags from city-owned flagpoles, ruling that Hamtramck, Michigan, lawfully converted its flagpoles into a forum for government speech when it restricted which flags could be displayed.
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August 24, 2026
A Michigan federal judge on Monday upheld an arbitration award finding that an energy company did not violate its collective bargaining agreement with a power plant workers' union when it made changes to its seniority system, finding that the award was based on a reasonable interpretation of the contract.