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July 31, 2026
Michigan's highest court has ruled that a 50- to 75-year sentence for a teenager convicted of second-degree murder was unconstitutionally cruel or unusual, calling the prison term "grossly disproportionate" in its latest ruling limiting severe sentences for young offenders.
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July 31, 2026
A man convicted of first-degree murder will receive a new trial after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that police violated the state constitution by testing blood on his pants without a warrant or his consent.
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July 31, 2026
The University of Michigan urged a federal judge to toss a plastic surgeon's suit claiming he was illegally suspended from his teaching role after allegedly making discriminatory comments about nonbinary patients, arguing the doctor failed to show the remarks were constitutionally protected speech.
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July 30, 2026
The Seventh Circuit upheld a decision holding that Enbridge Energy is trespassing on Wisconsin tribal lands, but vacated and remanded a $5.2 million restitution order and timeline for a portion of the Line 5 pipeline's removal, saying the company needs a "reasonable opportunity" to complete the proposed reroute.
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July 30, 2026
An Ohio federal court must decide whether an IRS worker gave up her disability bias and retaliation claims against the U.S. Treasury Department in a resignation agreement, a split Sixth Circuit panel ruled, refusing to weigh the merits of an appeal she brought before entering the deal.
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July 30, 2026
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a 20-year-old precedent that had barred many wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuits, ruling personal representatives may use the state's medical malpractice tolling statute to extend the time for filing claims after serving a required notice of intent to sue.
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July 30, 2026
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday tossed a $2.1 million wire fraud suit brought against Fifth Third Bank by nonprofit mental health services provider Hegira Health, ruling the plaintiff failed to state a valid claim under the Uniform Commercial Code.
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July 30, 2026
A Sixth Circuit panel looked askance at Kalshi's push to have its sports event contracts shielded from state gambling regulators Thursday, pointedly questioning the prediction market giant about the difference between its offerings and traditional sports bets.
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July 30, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge late Wednesday declined to block the government from requiring medically frail Medicaid recipients to prove they are significantly impaired to avoid a new requirement that they engage in 80 hours of work or volunteering per month or attend school part-time.
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July 29, 2026
A group of 44 attorneys general warned the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to "start afresh" on its proposed rule for prediction markets or risk treading on state authority over gambling, while prediction market platforms backed the rule's plan to permit many sports-focused event contracts.
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July 29, 2026
A trio of circuit court appeals tied to the class certification process in shareholder suits and a U.S. Supreme Court appeal that also touches on certification are among the cases that securities litigators are keeping an eye on in the second half of 2026.
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July 29, 2026
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will have to face a lawsuit from a west Michigan convenience store chain alleging that the healthcare insurer mismanaged its self-funded employee health plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act after a Michigan federal judge denied BCBSM's request to dismiss the case.
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July 29, 2026
The Michigan federal judge presiding over a case involving a United Auto Workers corruption scandal has rejected a union member's bid to be included on the ballot in an upcoming officers' election, ruling that Bell failed to show that a court-appointed monitor's refusal to add her to the ballot violated a consent decree or federal law.
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July 29, 2026
University of Michigan Health-West has agreed to overhaul its religious accommodation policies, train employees and pay $410,000 to resolve a suit brought by a physician assistant who alleged she was fired for refusing, based on her Christian beliefs, to use certain patients' preferred pronouns or participate in gender transition-related care.
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July 29, 2026
A Detroit judge faces suspension without pay for nine months after Michigan's Judicial Tenure Commission found she knowingly made false claims that a Mackinac Island bicycle shop owner assaulted her during a dispute over a bike rental and later misled investigators about what happened.
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July 29, 2026
The Sixth Circuit upheld a removal order against a Guatemalan national who'd been stopped by a police officer after discarding a cigarette butt on the ground, rejecting his claims that he was racially profiled and that his constitutional rights were violated.
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July 28, 2026
A Washington federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from terminating nearly $1 billion in K–12 mental health grants serving 15 states, finding that the plaintiff states are likely to prove the U.S. Education Department bypassed federal procedures when attempting to cut off the funds.
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July 28, 2026
A coalition of states has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the U.S. Air Force must comply with separate, complementary environmental laws over its permit renewal application to detonate expired munitions in Guam, arguing the laws have distinct aims.
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July 28, 2026
Just because a motion is unopposed doesn't mean it should be granted, Michigan appellate judges said in a published opinion Tuesday, reversing a trial court's decision that the Pandemic Health Care Immunity Act shielded Beaumont Hospital Farmington Hills from a medical malpractice suit.
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July 28, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday he anticipates deciding by the end of the week whether the Trump administration will have to pause part of a new rule states must follow in determining whether medically frail Medicaid recipients are exempt from new work or school requirements.
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July 28, 2026
Court is wherever and whenever a judge says it is, counsel for a Detroit judge told a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday, arguing that subjecting a student to a mock arrest and trial because she fell asleep during a field trip was within his jurisdiction.
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July 28, 2026
A Michigan federal jury found Tuesday that a Ypsilanti, Michigan, school district had actual knowledge of harassment reported by a student but concluded the alleged conduct was not severe and pervasive enough to trigger liability under Title IX, returning a verdict for the defense after fewer than two hours of deliberations.
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July 28, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge has taken Teva to task for trying to avoid being held to its admissions of price-fixing in a $225 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ruling that Humana can use those admissions in one of the first bellwether trials in sprawling multidistrict litigation.
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July 28, 2026
The inventor of the Digger One Hitter smoking pipe is urging a Michigan federal court not to throw out his patent infringement claims against S&E Distributor Inc., saying the defendants are wrong to insist he has no right to sue.
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July 27, 2026
Consumers have filed another suit in Michigan federal court against Taco Bell and produce supplier Taylor Farms, alleging that the companies' negligence caused them to suffer cyclospora infections after eating contaminated iceberg lettuce sold at Taco Bell restaurants.