/michigan?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Michigan Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:15:42 +0000 /michigan/articles/2361154?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2361154 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insight into this week's reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act, how states are approaching energy demand for data center projects, and where the commercial and residential real estate sectors stand at the midyear. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:18:10 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360982?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360982 The city of Detroit has sued Real Token LLC, a cryptocurrency real estate company, alleging it allowed hundreds of properties to fall into severe disrepair while incurring hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid blight fines and property taxes. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:30:14 +0000 /michigan/articles/2354744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2354744 It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:12:44 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360694?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360694 The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:27:22 +0000 /michigan/articles/2358477?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2358477 The Michigan Supreme Court so far this year has handed down a number of decisions marking important changes to criminal law, including reshaping how late adolescents are sentenced for serious crimes and declaring that the smell of marijuana alone cannot justify a warrantless vehicle search. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:02:36 +0000 /michigan/articles/2332681?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2332681 Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:56:06 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360990 Michigan's highest court won't weigh in on the constitutionality of the state's caps on medical malpractice awards, rejecting a federal district court's certified question Thursday. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:16:29 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360386 The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:09:59 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360220 The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:13:38 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360691?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360691 A collective of 20 states said Wednesday that only Congress can change the terms of federal grants, telling a Rhode Island federal judge that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's softening of its stance on withholding funds to states that don't cooperate with immigration enforcement cannot moot their suit against the government. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:49:55 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360369?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360369 A Michigan hospital must face the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's claim that it violated federal disability law by not transferring a nurse who suffers from a metabolic disorder to a less-demanding role, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:01:44 +0000 /michigan/articles/2359050?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2359050 The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up at least one shareholder's lawsuit when it reopens its doors in October, and securities attorneys from both the plaintiff and defense bars will be watching that appeal and several others as the year moves forward. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:07:42 +0000 /michigan/articles/2359493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2359493 Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:13:17 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360428 A University of Tennessee men's basketball player has ended his attempt to overturn the denial of an injunction that would have allowed him to play for a fifth season, but his attorneys said he plans to keep fighting the NCAA rule that bars him from competing next year. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:35:24 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360376?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360376 Detroit's Wayne County Circuit Court and a former staff attorney have settled the lawyer's claims that she was pushed into retirement because the court wouldn't accommodate her health-related request to work from home or transfer office locations. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:11:45 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360387?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360387 In a closely divided order Wednesday, the Michigan Supreme Court held that insurance policies straddling the dates for which 2019 no-fault reforms went into effect are subjected to post-reform increased limits for liability, reversing a lower appellate opinion in favor of insurers. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:22:28 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360438?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360438 The Sixth Circuit has ruled that Cigna did not have to face an unjust enrichment lawsuit brought against it by two Tennessee hospitals alleging the insurer underpaid them for out-of-network emergency services, backing a lower court's dismissal order. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:05:53 +0000 /michigan/articles/2352368?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2352368 After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:27:01 +0000 /michigan/articles/2360159?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2360159 The U.S. Supreme Court has turned to Latham & Watkins LLP's Roman Martinez to defend caps on coordinated campaign spending as amicus counsel in a case on tap for next term. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:47:28 +0000 /michigan/articles/2359862?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2359862 A D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's refusal to grant a Michigan transmission owner sole ownership of grid upgrades needed to serve a Michigan solar farm, rejecting arguments that existing agreements guaranteed it full ownership rights.