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October 16, 2025
Judge Asked To Ground Military Training Flight Plan In Mich.
A conservation group has asked a federal judge to halt a proposed expansion of Air National Guard training flights in Michigan, saying the low-level flights will disturb a treasured destination for trout fishing.
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October 16, 2025
Mich. Energy Cos. Say 12 Jurors Too Many In Hydro Plant Trial
Michigan utility companies that allege a Toshiba unit botched a $500 million plant upgrade have told a federal judge that Toshiba's request for 12 jurors in an upcoming trial is unreasonable, but said they would work with the unit when it comes to setting time limits for the weekslong trial.
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October 16, 2025
Mich. Panel Tosses Black Deputy Wardens' Race Bias Suit
A Michigan appellate panel has spared the state's corrections agency from a discrimination lawsuit filed by two Black deputy wardens who said they were passed over for warden roles that went to white colleagues.
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October 16, 2025
6th Circ. Backs Air Force's Win In Ex-Worker's Race Bias Suit
The Sixth Circuit refused to reopen a former military salesman's lawsuit alleging the Air Force repeatedly disciplined him and threatened to fire him because he's a Black man, ruling the civilian worker hadn't provided enough evidence to keep his claims in court.
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October 16, 2025
States Battle Trump Admin To Recover Solar Program Funds
Attorneys general from across the country are suing the Trump administration for allegedly violating the Constitution and federal law by canceling a $7 billion program providing solar equipment to low-income households.
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October 16, 2025
Justices Urged To Hear Mich. Tax Foreclosure Case
A property owner has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on her case alleging a Michigan county improperly kept the excess proceeds of her tax-foreclosed home sale, arguing the justices should settle a conflict among circuits and calling the state's process to claim such proceeds too restrictive.
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October 16, 2025
US Trustee Pushes For Examiner In First Brands' Ch. 11
The Office of the U.S. Trustee has urged the swift appointment of an examiner to probe car parts group First Brands' Texas bankruptcy, echoing a creditor's call for an independent investigation into over $2 billion in unaccounted funds.
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October 16, 2025
Ill. Judge Tosses Law Firm's $36M Pandemic Loan Fraud Suit
An Illinois federal judge dismissed a Michigan law firm's $36 million whistleblower suit against dozens of automotive dealerships, ruling that the information underpinning its claims of pandemic loan fraud was already publicly available.
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October 15, 2025
Intel, Deutsche Telekom Win Renewal Bid For $139M Award
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday granted Intel Capital Corp. and Deutsche Telekom AG's bid to renew a decade-old judgment that enforces a roughly $139 million award against one of the founders of a Chinese wireless broadband company.
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October 15, 2025
Judge Won't Block Mich. Medicaid Mental Health Restructure
A Michigan state judge has ruled that the Great Lakes State has the authority to competitively bid and restructure the geographic territory of prepaid inpatient health plans that manage mental health care for the state's Medicaid beneficiaries.
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October 15, 2025
Patent Decisions Clearing Ford, BMW Upheld By Fed. Circ.
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive cases accusing Ford and BMW of infringing a pair of cruise control system patents, affirming how a lower court construed key claim terms when it cleared the automotive giants in the litigation.
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October 15, 2025
States Seek To Revive FEMA's Disaster-Mitigation Funding
A group of 22 states and the District of Columbia urged a Massachusetts federal court Wednesday to block the Trump administration's termination of a disaster mitigation program under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, arguing such authority lies with Congress.
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October 15, 2025
Mich. AG Urges Justices To Leave Enbridge Suit In State Court
Michigan's attorney general has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strictly enforce the statutory deadline for transferring a case to federal court and refuse Enbridge Energy LP's entreaties to move her lawsuit seeking to shut down a pipeline out of state court.
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October 15, 2025
Ethics Probe Of 2 Mich. Judges Recommended For Dismissal
A retired Michigan judge overseeing an ethics probe of two state judges stemming from a dispute over a bike rental on Mackinac Island have recommended dismissing the complaints, determining that the judges did not commit misconduct and questioning why the matter led to a formal complaint.
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October 15, 2025
Engineering Firm, Ex-Worker Resolve Noncompete Dispute
A global environmental and engineering consulting firm has resolved a suit alleging a former employee violated a noncompete agreement by accepting a similar job at a direct competitor, according to a docket entry.
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October 14, 2025
6th Circ. Won't Revive Allergy Tester's Antitrust Case
The Sixth Circuit refused to revive an allergy testing and treatment company's antitrust case accusing an insurer and a medical group of conspiring to squeeze it out of the market, after finding that doctors are the ones being directly harmed by the alleged activity.
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October 14, 2025
Mich. Urges Judge Not To Empower A 'Hall Monitor' DOJ
The state of Michigan has implored a federal judge not to give the U.S. Department of Justice any leash to preemptively challenge states' anticipated policy moves, saying "there would be no stopping point" to the federal government's interference.
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October 14, 2025
Campbell's Sues Mich. Candidate Over Soup Can Images
The Campbell's Co. has sued a Michigan congressional candidate for using the soup maker's iconic can design in her campaign, saying her "Soup for Change 2026" and "Campbell for Congress" images create a false impression that the company endorses her candidacy.
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October 14, 2025
Ex-Mich. Coach Says Hacking Case Flouts ID Theft Precedent
A former University of Michigan football coach said the "novel" use of identity theft charges in his prosecution for allegedly hacking student accounts cannot be reconciled with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, asking a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss the counts.
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October 14, 2025
Judge Slams Feds' 'Ham-Handed' Bid To Skirt DHS Aid Order
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies did "precisely" what a Rhode Island federal court forbade when they recently told states that they must agree to help with immigration enforcement in order to receive disaster and security funding, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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October 14, 2025
Top Court Won't Hear Michigan 'False Elector' Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a Sixth Circuit decision affirming a district court's refusal to interfere with a state court case in which Michigan's attorney general accused a former Republican presidential elector candidate of plotting to submit false electoral votes after the 2020 election.
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October 14, 2025
Justices Won't Touch Liability Ruling At Superfund Site
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition from Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products to review the Sixth Circuit's finding that two other businesses are not liable for future cleanup costs at a Michigan Superfund site.
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October 10, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Data Diligence, REIT Reinvention, Q3 Deals
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney tips for data center approvals, one Big Law partner's perspective on the reinvention of real estate investment trusts, and the third quarter's 10 largest global real estate mergers and acquisitions.
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October 10, 2025
Mich. Fights Feds' Support For Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline
Michigan urged a federal judge to reject the U.S. government's contention that its attempt to block an Enbridge Energy oil and gas pipeline segment is illegal, while the company said the government's arguments have merit.
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October 10, 2025
6th Circ. Affirms Class Status In Totaled Car Payout Dispute
A panel of Sixth Circuit judges upheld the class certification of a suit alleging State Farm systematically undervalues totaled vehicles, saying that a class of Tennessee insureds were linked by a common alleged harm of breach of contract.
Expert Analysis
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Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Junior law firm associates must be careful to avoid five common pitfalls when drafting legal briefs — from including every possible argument to not developing a theme — to build the reputation of a sought-after litigator, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Utilizing 6th Circ.'s Expanded Internal Investigation Protection
A recent Sixth Circuit decision in In re: FirstEnergy demonstrates one way that businesses can use a very limited showing to protect internal investigations from discovery in commercial litigation, while those looking to force production will need to employ a carefully calibrated approach, say attorneys at Brownstein Hyatt.
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Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve
Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.
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Mortality Table Defenses In Actuarial Equivalent Cases
Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action plaintiffs are filing claims against defined benefit pension plans over the actuarial factors used to calculate alternative forms of annuity payments, including by arguing that employers may use mortality tables from the Middle Ages, but several defenses are available to reframe this debate, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.
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Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: Choosing MDL Venues
One of the most interesting yet least predictable facets of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice is venue — namely where the panel decides to place a new MDL proceeding — and its choices reflect the tension between neutrality and case-specific factors, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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How Securities Test Nuances Affect State-Level Enforcement
Awareness of how different states use their securities investigation and enforcement powers, particularly their use of the risk capital test over the federal Howey test, is critical to navigating the complicated patchwork of securities laws going forward, especially as states look to fill perceived federal enforcement gaps, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management
Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.
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How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities
A recent e-discovery dispute over hyperlinked data in Hubbard v. Crow shows how courts have increasingly broadened the definition of control to account for cloud-based evidence, and why organizations must rethink preservation practices to avoid spoliation risks, says Bree Murphy at Exterro.
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Tips As 6th Circ. Narrows Employers' Harassment Liability
In Bivens v. Zep, the Sixth Circuit adopted a heightened standard for employer liability for nonemployee harassment, which diverges from the prevailing view among federal appeals courts, and raises questions about how quickly employers must respond to third-party harassment and how they manage risk across jurisdictions, say attorneys at Benesch.
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Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My experiences with writing musicals and practicing law have shown that the building blocks for both endeavors are one and the same, because drama is necessary for the law to exist, says Addison O’Donnell at LOIS Law.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law
Returning to the firm where I began my career after seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia has been complex, nuanced and rewarding, and I’ve learned that the pursuit of justice remains the constant, even as the mindset and client change, says Kristin Johnson at Woods Rogers.
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7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know
For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.
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Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations
As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.
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Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Pursuing my childhood dream of being a professional wrestler has taught me important legal career lessons about communication, adaptability, oral advocacy and professionalism, says Christopher Freiberg at Midwest Disability.