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September 24, 2026
Nearly half the attorneys general in the United States implored Congress in a letter Thursday to "immediately" regulate the artificial intelligence industry and prohibit federal action from preempting state laws, telling U.S. House and Senate leaders that national security is at stake.
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September 24, 2026
A former resident of a Michigan foster care facility can continue pursuing several claims alleging he was sexually and physically abused as a teenager at a Flint children's center, while also pursuing a First Amendment retaliation claim against Genesee County law enforcement officials who allegedly threatened him when he tried to report the abuse, a Michigan federal judge ruled.
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September 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court should resolve a circuit split on whether actuaries must use up-to-date life expectancies when converting pension benefits from one form to another, Kellogg argued, asking the justices to scrap the Sixth Circuit's answer to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act query.
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September 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has been deciding fewer and fewer cases over the past three decades, with its caseload reaching a historic low just last term. While attorneys believe several factors have contributed to that trend, they say one of the most consequential is the court's apparent declining interest in resolving circuit splits.
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September 24, 2026
A Michigan federal judge refused to revive a bitcoin miner's breach of contract claim against a Detroit landlord who was accused of wrongfully turning off electrical power for the cryptocurrency company while it was in the process of terminating its lease.
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September 24, 2026
A Michigan federal judge shut down a suit claiming United Wholesale Mortgage cost employees millions in retirement savings by using forfeited 401(k) funds to pay for employer contributions rather than plan expenses, ruling the workers who sued can't ask the court to create a benefit they weren't owed.
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September 23, 2026
The Seventh Circuit recently established how to credit employers for a previous partial withdrawal from a multiemployer pension fund when calculating liability for a complete exit, resulting in a split with the Ninth and Eleventh circuits and raising the likelihood the issue could eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys said.
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September 23, 2026
A Michigan federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against Detroit and several police officers over the fatal shooting of Porter Burks, finding officers did not use excessive force when they opened fire after the 20-year-old man, who was experiencing a mental health crisis, ran toward them while holding a knife.
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September 23, 2026
A Washington federal judge preliminarily enjoined the U.S. Education Department from terminating up to $1 billion in K–12 mental health grants serving 15 states, finding states provided sufficient evidence that the agency was planning to unlawfully cut those grants.
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September 23, 2026
Bush Brothers has filed a trademark infringement suit in Michigan federal court accusing competitor Magic Man Foods of copying Bush's "Chili Magic" mark and its distinctive trade dress by using a confusingly similar color scheme for similar canned chili bean products.
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September 23, 2026
A temporary restraining order preventing the deletion of voter records from the Aug. 4 primary election will remain in place pending the release of administrative rulings from the Michigan Secretary of State, a Michigan judge ruled Tuesday.
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September 23, 2026
A Michigan federal judge has given two companies challenging the city of Menominee's marijuana licensing process a chance to amend their complaint after the city argued that a waiver signed as part of a license application bars their nine-count lawsuit.
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September 23, 2026
A Michigan recreational campground must face claims it breached a duty owed to a 15-year-old who drowned in a human-made swimming pond, a state appeals court has ruled, saying a jury must decide if the campground failed to warn swimmers of the deep, murky and dangerous conditions of the water.
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September 23, 2026
An automotive parts manufacturer does not have to face a Black former employee's lawsuit alleging she was fired for using her cellphone at work while a human resources manager's white daughter evaded discipline, a Michigan federal judge ruled, concluding Wednesday that the worker's nepotism accusations couldn't support race bias claims.
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September 23, 2026
Since opening its first office in Grand Rapids over 130 years ago, Varnum has shaped Michigan's legal landscape with its work on high-stakes litigation like a lawsuit seeking more than $220 million in allegedly unpaid promissory notes from a vehicle manufacturer and lucrative deals like the acquisition of a prominent space-tech startup.
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September 23, 2026
A Michigan federal judge has rejected a motion from LG Chem and its affiliates for $2.5 million in fees for attorneys who had urged their clients to opt out of a $150 million settlement resolving allegations that Chevrolet Bolt batteries were defective, then to opt back in, saying the attorneys did nothing to materially improve or work toward the deal.
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September 23, 2026
A coalition of state lawmakers has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit decision allowing Kalshi to keep its sports offerings online in New Jersey, emphasizing that sports betting oversight must be left to the states.
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September 22, 2026
When a Michigan school district distributed federal COVID grant stipends only to white school administrators, Black administrators were excluded not because of their race, but because they worked at a high school rather than a middle or elementary school, counsel for the district told a federal judge Tuesday.
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September 22, 2026
Former nuclear plant workers are asking a Maryland federal court to let them refile a proposed class action, saying they have new, direct evidence that companies worked together to fix wages in the nuclear energy industry.
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September 22, 2026
New York and other states applauded a Rhode Island federal judge's finding that the Trump administration flouted rulemaking requirements when it reinterpreted a 30-year-old welfare reform bill to try to subject a slew of federally funded benefit programs to immigration status verification requirements.
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September 22, 2026
Ford Motor Co. has asked a Michigan federal judge to dismiss claims brought by seven Ford F-150 owners who allege the automaker concealed an oil consumption defect, arguing that the drivers have failed to plausibly allege Ford knew about the purported problem when they bought their trucks.
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September 22, 2026
Coinbase has agreed to pull its sports event contracts from Michigan while the Sixth Circuit untangles a web of litigation over the legality of prediction market platform sports offerings across two other states.
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September 22, 2026
Wendy's Co. told a Michigan bankruptcy court that one of its largest U.S. franchisees lost the right to operate 314 restaurants before filing for Chapter 11 protection, arguing that the franchise agreements had been validly terminated and are no longer part of the debtor's bankruptcy estate.
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September 22, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday nixed a lawsuit from Michigan accusing global oil and gas giants of conspiring for decades to delay the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, ruling the allegations do not amount to valid antitrust claims.
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September 22, 2026
An ardent civil rights advocate for 30 years, Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers earned a spot as one of the Law360 2026 Michigan Powerhouses following a banner year, with the firm successfully challenging governmental immunity, expanding whistleblower protections and pushing to reform the statute of limitations for sexual abuse survivors.