/michigan?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Michigan Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:14:13 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350240?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350240 A Michigan federal jury on Friday ruled that a migrant farmworker contractor engaged in forced labor, finding in favor of five farmworkers who said they were coerced into working long hours without pay. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:35:50 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350161?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350161 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Â鶹´«Ã½360 Real Estate Authority — including where the hotel sector stands at the midyear, which states are trying to curb healthcare investment models and what is fueling the surge in the real estate secondaries market. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:23:05 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350623?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350623 The Sixth Circuit on Friday partly revived drivers' claims alleging General Motors deceptively marketed Chevrolet Cruze vehicles as clean vehicles when they were actually outfitted with emissions-cheating software, punting a question of preemption back to Michigan federal court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:47:58 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350250?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350250 A Michigan federal judge said Friday that a proposed class alleging they were denied timely release from jail because the sheriff refused to provide so-called good-time credit to their criminal contempt sentences can add new plaintiffs to the case, rejecting the sheriff's arguments that the proposed new parties were improperly solicited. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:10:51 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350252?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350252 A Michigan federal judge on Friday granted initial approval of a $205,000 settlement to end a collective action alleging the owner of a chain of Michigan dispensaries withheld portions of tips meant to go to retail workers. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:19:49 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350405 The Trump administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a Massachusetts federal judge's order halting massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that the judge's finding that almost 1,400 employees must be reinstated to ensure the department's continued operation "has no basis in reality." Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:04:00 +0000 /michigan/articles/2342370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2342370 As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Â鶹´«Ã½ School. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:52:07 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350220 A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday questioned assertions by the government that President Donald Trump is authorized by the Constitution's "take care" clause to impose sweeping changes to federal election procedures despite existing statutes. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:06:03 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350287 In this week's Off The Bench, an appeals court says Michael Jordan's auto racing team cannot compete amid an antitrust suit against NASCAR, the Chicago White Sox start a long ownership transfer process, and the woman who accused a college football coach of sexual harassment sues the university over its handling of the complaint. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:04:33 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349993?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349993 A Michigan federal judge on Thursday refused to throw out or send to arbitration a proposed class action accusing automaker FCA US LLC of knowingly selling certain electric vehicles with defective batteries, ruling the Stellantis unit hasn't shown that drivers had sufficient notice of arbitration provisions. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:50:47 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349841?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349841 A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday said a religious television network and its owner must face a lawsuit alleging they interfered with a Black pastor's on-air and earning opportunities, saying the pastor shared enough evidence to support his claim that he was discriminated against because of his race. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:25:04 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349774?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349774 Nineteen states, 16 former federal attorneys and a slew of civil rights groups are backing two North Dakota tribes in their efforts for an Eighth Circuit rehearing, arguing the appellate court's semantic shift regarding voting rights presents important questions that merit its full consideration. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:28:02 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349737?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349737 A Michigan federal judge trimmed a proposed class action filed by former property owners who accused Wayne County of wrongfully refusing to pay them surplus proceeds from tax foreclosure sales. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:51:24 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350078?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350078 The Michigan House of Representatives sued the state's top election official Thursday, saying she has withheld election training materials from lawmakers despite a House subpoena. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:48:12 +0000 /michigan/articles/2350049?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2350049 A Maryland federal judge on Thursday temporarily enjoined the Trump administration's "mass closure" of AmeriCorps programs in two dozen states and ordered more than 750 national service members be restored, but declined to vacate the firing of AmeriCorps' paid staff. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:34:54 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349874?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349874 Michigan's attorney general has asked a judge to strike down a state-law requirement that abortion patients be evaluated for coercion, after the judge upheld the screening while permanently blocking other abortion regulations last month. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:06:57 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349836?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349836 Michigan's judicial watchdog has said in a formal misconduct complaint a state judge "created a climate of fear" among court personnel that disrupted the administration of the court, "bullied" court staff and improperly dismissed criminal cases to "punish" prosecutors. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:04:40 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349334?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349334 The U.S. labor secretary told a U.S. House committee Thursday that the Department of Labor will continue to combat wage theft even with fewer resources after President Donald Trump's administration proposed cutting the number of wage and hour investigators. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:56:10 +0000 /michigan/articles/2328074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2328074 After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:49:50 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349567 A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday asked a coalition of states and a clean-energy advocacy group for more specifics about the harm they allegedly will be caused by the Trump administration's decision to pause wind farm permitting, and said he wanted to move forward with a trial "promptly."