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July 23, 2025
911 Call Centers Face Cybersecurity Risks, Mich. Says
As the Federal Communications Commission moves to transition the country to next-generation 911 services, it should take a closer look at cybersecurity, a Michigan emergency response panel told the agency.
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July 23, 2025
Mich. Panel Orders Hearing In 'Confession Tapes' Murder Case
A woman whose story was featured in a Netflix television series on false confessions has won a new hearing on the reliability of her murder confession and the methods used to investigate her daughter's 2002 death in a house fire.
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July 23, 2025
6th Circ. Questions Officials On Search: 'Pretty Darn Obvious'
Sixth Circuit judges on Wednesday grilled Michigan zoning and building officials seeking immunity from an improper-search lawsuit, repeatedly suggesting it was "obvious" the officials should have known they were crossing property lines to look at dwellings and areas protected by the Fourth Amendment.
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July 23, 2025
Lansing-Area Prosecutor Joins Mich. AG Race As Republican
A Lansing-area county prosecutor has announced he is running for Michigan attorney general next year, the second Republican and fifth candidate to enter the field.
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July 23, 2025
ACLU's Brief Rejected In Ex-Yale Student's Defamation Suit
The ACLU's Connecticut litigation arm and five other legal advocacy groups cannot file friend-of-the-court briefs in former Yale University student Saifullah Khan's defamation case against 16 others that filed a rejected amici brief in a separate state Supreme Court matter, a state appeals court has ruled.
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July 22, 2025
Mich. Justices Say Gaming Act Doesn't Bar $3M BetMGM Suit
The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday said a statute legalizing online betting did not take away a disgruntled gambler's ability to bring certain common-law claims in state court, reviving a lawsuit alleging BetMGM improperly withheld more than $3 million in winnings from an online roulette game.
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July 22, 2025
Dickinson Wright, Shumaker Guide $95M Bank Merger
Mercantile Bank Corp. and Eastern Michigan Financial Corp. announced Tuesday that they have entered into an agreement under which Eastern Michigan Financial and its wholly owned subsidiary will merge with Mercantile in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $95.8 million, in a deal guided by Dickinson Wright PLLC and Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP.
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July 22, 2025
Trump Taps Longtime Prosecutor To Be Next US Atty In Mich.
The Trump administration has tapped a longtime federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Michigan on an interim basis.
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July 22, 2025
Ex-Mich. Players Say Ohio Ruling Can't Sink $50M NIL Suit
Former University of Michigan football players have told the court the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference cannot use a similar case in Ohio to escape the players' antitrust suit accusing the defendants of monopolizing profits and depriving athletes of their fair share.
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July 22, 2025
Mich. Court Changes Course To Uphold Terrorist Threat Law
A Michigan law that criminalizes terrorism threats is constitutional, a state appellate panel has ruled, marking a reversal months after the law was struck down in a case involving a social media message threatening a school shooting.
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July 22, 2025
Fiat Chrysler Denies Misleading Court Over Settlement Delays
Fiat Chrysler told a Michigan federal judge on Monday that changes to management and internal procedures are in part to blame for the continued delay in submitting documents to finalize a deal resolving allegations that the automaker sold vehicles with engines prone to catching fire, urging the court not to sanction the company.
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July 22, 2025
Former Detroit Tigers Employee Drops Overtime Suit
A former Detroit Tigers employee agreed to end his suit in Michigan federal court claiming that the Major League Baseball team left shift premiums and bonuses out of employees' regular rates when it calculated their overtime.
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July 21, 2025
Neogen Faces Investor Suit Over 3M Integration Challenges
Food and animal safety company Neogen Corp. and two of its executives face a proposed investor class action alleging they kept shareholders in the dark about integration struggles after a merger with a division of manufacturing giant 3M.
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July 21, 2025
Mich. Justices Raise Bar For Prisoner Contraband Cases
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday that possession of contraband in prison is not a strict liability offense, meaning prosecutors must prove that a prisoner was, at minimum, reckless in obtaining drugs or alcohol while behind bars.
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July 21, 2025
Ex-Kellogg Worker Fights To Keep 401(k) Fee Suit Alive
A former Kellogg employee urged a Michigan federal court to reject the company's attempt to dismiss a proposed class action alleging the food manufacturer lost its workers millions of dollars in retirement savings because of excessive recordkeeping fees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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July 21, 2025
Son Of Convicted Mich. Doc Ditches Fraudulent Transfer Case
The son of a Michigan doctor accused of fraudulently selling property and sending money to his family to avoid paying a $35 million forfeiture and $5.2 million restitution related to his healthcare fraud conviction was dismissed from the government's fraudulent transfer lawsuit against his father on Monday.
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July 21, 2025
Energy Litigation To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2025
Courtroom showdowns between the Trump administration and blue states over U.S. energy and climate change policy will dominate the energy litigation landscape for the rest of 2025. Here is what the energy industry will be watching closely in the second half of the year.
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July 21, 2025
Mich. Panel Upholds Atty Fee For Court-Appointed Counsel
A Michigan appellate panel has upheld a sentence requiring a defendant to pay a $400 attorney fee to her court-appointed counsel, rejecting her contentions that it was an unconstitutional fine and that the court failed to determine whether she had the ability to pay.
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July 21, 2025
States Say Noncitizen Benefit Restrictions Are Creating Chaos
A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday for "upending" noncitizens' access to publicly funded programs like Head Start and food banks.
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July 21, 2025
6th Circ. Revives Fired Clariant Clerk's Gender Bias Suit
A former warehouse clerk is entitled to a trial on her claim that she was terminated because of her gender during a workforce reduction at a U.S. division of Swiss chemical company Clariant, the Sixth Circuit has ruled.
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July 18, 2025
Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 18, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Budget, 2025 Deals, Coney Island Gamble
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including real estate attorney perspectives on the new federal budget, the law firms that guided the biggest deals of 2025's first half and why one BigLaw attorney is betting on a Coney Island development.
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July 18, 2025
Oxford Shooting Victim's Estate Can Sue Cops, Court Finds
A Michigan appellate panel reopened a lawsuit from the father of a student killed in the Oxford High School shooting alleging state police failed to act on tips about the threat of an attack, finding a provision designed to extend filing deadlines for estates applies to claims against the state.
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July 18, 2025
Court Finds Mich. Law Applies To CBAs Silent On Sick Time
A state court found that a Michigan sick leave law applies to workers and employers covered under collective bargaining agreements that don't mention earned sick time, rejecting an electrical construction industry group's constitutional claims and federal labor law preemption challenge to the statute.
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July 18, 2025
'Lost Services' Damages OK In Child Death Suits, Court Rules
A mother can pursue damages against a Detroit hospital for the loss of household services she would have received if her infant son had lived to adulthood, even after a recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling narrowed the available recovery, an appellate panel held.
Expert Analysis
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APA Relief May Blunt Justices' Universal Injunction Ruling
The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell.
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Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap
Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion
In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.
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Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss
Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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FDA's Hasty Policymaking Approach Faces APA Challenges
Though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has abandoned its usual notice-and-comment process for implementing new regulatory initiatives, two recent district court decisions make clear that these programs are still susceptible to Administrative Procedure Act challenges, says Rachel Turow at Skadden.
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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine
The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator
Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma
Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.
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Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality
Recent cases highlight that a named plaintiff cannot certify a putative class action unless they can meet all the applicable requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so defendants should consider challenging a plaintiff's ability to meet typicality and adequacy requirements early and often, say attorneys at Womble Bond.
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Opinion
4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding
As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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Preparing For Trump Pushback Against State Climate Laws
An April executive order from President Donald Trump mandated a report from the U.S. attorney general on countering so-called state overreach in climate policy, and while that report has yet to appear, companies can expect that it will likely call for using litigation, legislation and funding to actively reshape energy policy, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery
E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.
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Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care
Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard at MG+M.
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Birthright Opinions Reveal Views On Rule 23(b)(2) Relief
The justices' multiple opinions in the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 27 decision in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. CASA, shed light on whether Rule 23(b)(2) could fill the void created by the court's decision to restrict nationwide injunctions, says Benjamin Johns at Shub Johns.