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April 16, 2025
Auto Supply Chain Tariffs Chart Tricky Compliance Landscape
The compliance landmines created by the Trump administration's sweeping new tariffs have sparked a scramble among the automotive supply chain to renegotiate contracts and stockpile inventory to blunt the financial impacts in the short term, but long-term strategies are still being ironed out, experts say.
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April 16, 2025
Mich. AG Pushes For Strengthening Consumer Protection Law
Michigan's attorney general on Wednesday asked lawmakers to broaden the reach of the state's consumer protection law following a setback in her efforts to change the law in court.
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April 16, 2025
More Students Sue Over Scrapped Foreign Student Records
More than 130 international students accused the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of abruptly and unlawfully terminating digital visa compliance records, saying in a complaint filed in Georgia federal court that the data deletion puts them at risk of arrest, detention and deportation.
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April 16, 2025
Workers Ask Michigan Judge To OK Boot-Up Suit Deal
A home healthcare company has agreed to pay about $86,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing it of not paying employees for the time they spent booting up their computers, a former insurance specialist said, asking a Michigan federal court to greenlight the deal.
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April 15, 2025
Mich. Healthcare Providers Urge Court To Keep Damage Caps
Two of Michigan's largest healthcare providers told the state Supreme Court to uphold caps on medical malpractice damages, warning the justices of runaway verdicts and skyrocketing healthcare costs if the caps are lifted.
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April 15, 2025
F-1 Students 'Packing Their Bags' Want Court To Bar Removal
An attorney for international students who allege the government improperly terminated their F-1 student status without explanation urged a Michigan federal judge Tuesday to bar the government from detaining or deporting the students, who were "packing their bags" out of fear they may be forced out of the country.
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April 15, 2025
39 AGs Urge Congress To Ban PBM Pharmacy Ownership
A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general have urged congressional leadership to pass legislation banning pharmacy benefit managers, their parent companies and affiliates from owning and operating pharmacies in order to boost competition and fairness.
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April 15, 2025
Public Roads, Public Data, Cos. Say Of Drivers' Privacy Claims
General Motors, OnStar and other companies facing multidistrict litigation accusing them of collecting driving data and selling it without user consent have urged a Georgia federal court to dismiss the claims, arguing that driving data is public because driving happens on public roads.
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April 15, 2025
Mich. Tribunal Rejects Hotel's Challenge To $10M Valuation
A hotel owned by a Hilton franchisee was valued at $10 million by the Michigan Tax Tribunal, agreeing with a local assessor and reducing a previous valuation by $2.2 million but rejecting a further reduction sought by the owner.
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April 15, 2025
Pot Farm, Michigan Town Say No RICO Case In Couple's Suit
Newfield Township, Michigan, and a cannabis company permitted to operate in the town are urging a federal judge to deny an injunction requested by a Newfield couple aimed at shutting down the company's farm, saying the couple have failed to show evidence of racketeering or that they face current or imminent harm.
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April 14, 2025
6th Circ. Upends Oil Co.'s Injunction Against Ohio Landowner
The Sixth Circuit on Monday reversed a district court's preliminary injunction that gave EOG Resources Inc. access to the surface of an Ohio deer hunting site for drilling operations, saying the injunction didn't prevent injury to EOG but actually caused the owner of the property irreparable harm.
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April 14, 2025
Insurers Not Liable For Counterfeit Drug Suit, 6th Circ. Says
Insurers do not have to cover a Michigan pharmacy accused of selling counterfeit HIV medication, the Sixth Circuit affirmed Monday, finding that policy exclusions prevented the coverage.
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April 14, 2025
Michigan Justices Revive 911 Dispatcher's Whistleblower Suit
The Michigan Supreme Court breathed new life into a former 911 operator's retaliation lawsuit on Monday, sending the case to a lower court to determine if the state's whistleblower protections cover the operator's criticism of the way a supervisor handled a call.
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April 14, 2025
Conn. PE Firm Wants $12M Joy Dish Soap Suit Washed Away
A private equity firm that bought the Joy dish soap brand has asked a Connecticut trial court judge to nix a manufacturer's claim that the firm should be held liable for a holding company's alleged failure to pay after asking the manufacturer to ramp up production.
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April 14, 2025
Mich. Panel Says Car Insurance Fee Schedule Not Retroactive
A Michigan appellate panel said a fee schedule governing benefits auto insurers must pay injured parties does not apply to injuries sustained before the fee schedule became law, determining the state insurance regulator's 2024 memo misinterpreted the rules.
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April 14, 2025
Mich. Pot Regulation Chief Wants Out Of Couple's RICO Suit
The executive director of Michigan's Cannabis Regulatory Agency on Monday urged a federal court to deny an injunction sought by a couple aiming to shut down a neighboring cannabis processing operation, arguing he's not part of any alleged racketeering scheme and they are unlikely to succeed on their claims.
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April 14, 2025
FTC Joins DOJ In Targeting Anticompetitive Regulations
The Federal Trade Commission launched a public inquiry Monday to look into reducing regulations that are hindering competition, following a similar move by the U.S. Department of Justice last month.
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April 14, 2025
MSU, Trivia Quiz Creator Settle Hitler Question Lawsuit
A content creator has settled claims that Michigan State University displayed one of his video trivia quizzes containing a question about Adolf Hitler without permission during a nationally televised rival football game, according to an order closing the case.
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April 14, 2025
Kellanova Must Arbitrate Bakery Workers' Promotion Dispute
A Michigan federal judge has ordered Kellanova to arbitrate a wage dispute with a Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers union local, ruling that the case hinges on the terms of an expired contract that calls for arbitration of unresolved grievances.
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April 11, 2025
21 AGs Back WilmerHale, Jenner & Block Over Trump Order
A coalition of 21 attorneys general Friday filed briefs in support of WilmerHale and Jenner & Block LLP as the firms challenge President Donald Trump's retaliatory executive orders in D.C. federal court, arguing that the directives unconstitutionally punish the firms for representing people and causes the president doesn't like.
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April 11, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Private Credit, CMBS, Algorithmic Pricing
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including fresh takes on the rise in private credit, a surge in commercial mortgage-backed securities, and the wave of algorithmic pricing laws in the rental market.
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April 11, 2025
Prosecutors Seek 18 Years For Ex-CFO's 'Extreme' $40M Fraud
The former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO who pled guilty to embezzling about $40 million from the nonprofit spent the money on a lavish lifestyle as part of a crime "borne out of avarice so extreme that it remains difficult to fully grasp," federal prosecutors said in recommending an 18-year prison sentence.
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April 11, 2025
GM Execs Want Out Of Cruise Securities Fraud Suit
General Motors executives told a Michigan federal judge that they don't belong in a securities fraud class action targeting GM's self-driving vehicle unit Cruise LLC after the lawsuit's scope was narrowed to focus on Cruise leaders' statements.
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April 11, 2025
Mich. Top Court Won't Hear Appeal Of $217M Dam Repair Tax
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday said it wouldn't hear an appeal from a host of homeowners challenging a $217 million special assessment to fund the repair of dams and restoration of lakes after 2020 floods that devastated mid-Michigan counties.
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April 11, 2025
Mich. Co. Kept Truckers In Dark About Healthcare, Union Says
A Detroit trucking company's union contract required it to provide its workers with health insurance, but the company didn't take the necessary steps to ensure that employees signed up, a Teamsters local told a Michigan federal judge, seeking to compel the company to provide the benefit.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Series
Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.
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Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.
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Series
Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.
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Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Opinion
AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys
The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.
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A Class Action Trend Tests Limit Of Courts' Equity Powers
A troubling trend has developed in federal class action litigation as some counsel and judges attempt to push injunctive relief classes under Rule 23(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure beyond the traditional limits of federal courts' equitable powers, say attorneys at Jones Day.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: September Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy identifies practice tips from four recent class certification rulings involving denial of Medicare reimbursements, automobile insurance disputes, veterans' rights and automobile defects.
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How NLRB Memo Balances Schools' Labor, Privacy Concerns
Natale DiNatale at Robinson & Cole highlights the recent National Labor Relations Board advice memorandum that aims to help colleges reconcile competing obligations under the National Labor Relations Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act as university students flock toward unionization.
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How Loper Bright Is Affecting Pending FCC Litigation
Pending challenges against Federal Communications Commission orders at the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright highlight that counsel must be familiar with the statutes, regulations and precedent relevant to the FCC to best navigate the rapidly changing compliance landscape, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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Series
Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.
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SEC Settlement Holds Important Pay-To-Play Lessons
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent fine of an investment adviser, whose new hire made a campaign contribution within a crucial lookback period, is a seasonable reminder for public fund managers to ensure their processes thoroughly screen all associates for even minor violations of the SEC’s strict pay-to-play rule, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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What 7th Circ. Collective Actions Ruling Means For Employers
With the Seventh Circuit’s recent Fair Labor Standards Act ruling in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, a majority of federal appellate courts that have addressed the jurisdictional scope of employee collective actions now follow the U.S. Supreme Court's limiting precedent, bolstering an employer defense in circuits that have yet to weigh in, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.
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Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.