/michigan?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Michigan Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US 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 alleged will be caused by the Trump administration decision to pause wind farm permitting, and said he wanted to move forward with a trial "promptly." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:18:24 +0000 /michigan/articles/2312838?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2312838 A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday vacated the Sixth Circuit's ruling that plaintiffs claiming anti-heterosexual workplace discrimination need to provide extra "background circumstances" evidence, opining that it improperly imposed special standards on majority-group plaintiffs. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:32:55 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349592?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349592 The First Circuit on Wednesday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump to greenlight massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, finding that the administration had not provided enough evidence to overturn a block put in place by a Massachusetts federal judge. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:52:56 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349106?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349106 Several migrant workers for a farm labor contracting company testified they weren't forced to turn over their passports or work 20-hour days as the company sought to defend itself against human trafficking claims before a Michigan federal jury on Wednesday. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:32:51 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349451?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349451 A Florida appeals panel on Wednesday threw out product liability claims against a French plane manufacturer in a suit over a crash that killed all but one of its passengers, saying the company's ties to the Sunshine State are not related to the allegations in the complaint. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:10:15 +0000 /michigan/articles/2348887?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2348887 The first batch of judicial nominees of President Donald Trump's second administration had their hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, during which a Sixth Circuit nominee fielded questions about litigants' obligation to follow court orders and her connection to Leonard Leo-affiliated groups following Trump bashing the former Federalist Society executive. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:01:37 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349158?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349158 A group of lawmakers is calling on antitrust enforcers to scrutinize online mortgage giant Rocket's recent deals for real estate brokerage website Redfin and mortgage company Mr. Cooper over concerns that Rocket is trying to dominate the entire homebuying process. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:42:01 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349410?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349410 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a Michigan federal judge Wednesday that mistakes in one of its accountant's declarations do not warrant the dismissal of its first crowdfunding enforcement action, arguing the SEC's lawyers acted in good faith when they alerted the court to the errors. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:20:11 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349148?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349148 A sexual assault survivor and activist has sued Michigan State University's Board of Trustees, alleging in a new complaint that the university mishandled her sexual harassment report against former football coach Mel Tucker and saying trustees publicly disclosed her identity against university policy.   Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:08:26 +0000 /michigan/articles/2349125?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2349125 An insurance company's suit alleging that an insurance agent's errors cost the company its reinsurance through the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. should be tossed, the agent told a Michigan federal court, arguing that the claims are time-barred and have already been litigated. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:23:35 +0000 /michigan/articles/2345831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2345831 While students often practice as lead trial attorneys in law school, such an opportunity likely won’t arise until a few years into practice, so junior associates should focus on honing skills that are essential to supporting a trial team, including organization, adaptability and humility, says Lucy Zelina at Tucker Ellis. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:10:09 +0000 /michigan/articles/2348817?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2348817 Amish egg producer Milo's Poultry Farms LLC has beaten a proposed class action accusing it of selling eggs tainted with salmonella, after a Wisconsin federal judge ruled Tuesday there is no plausible way a batch of eggs worth less than $100,000 could result in more than $5 million in damages. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:07:52 +0000 /michigan/articles/2348324?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2348324 A woman who was sexually abused by her diving coach while a teenager on the Ohio State University diving club can't sue the school, the Sixth Circuit ruled Monday, saying she filed her lawsuit too late because the statute of limitation on Title IX claims in Ohio is just two years. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:43:59 +0000 /michigan/articles/2348921?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2348921 A Sixth Circuit panel on Tuesday denied a petition from Cigna's Express Scripts and UnitedHealth's Optum seeking to reverse discovery orders allowing certain personnel files and internal communications into the multidistrict opioid litigation, finding that the two pharmacy benefit managers failed to show extraordinary abuses justifying relief. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:19:26 +0000 /michigan/articles/2348292?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2348292 An Ohio federal court erred by remanding declaratory claims over insurance coverage for underlying PFAS litigation to state court, the Sixth Circuit ruled, forging its own jurisdictional standard for what are known as mixed actions, or lawsuits that seek both coercive relief, like damages, and noncoercive relief, like a court declaration. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:19:15 +0000 /michigan/articles/2348371?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2348371 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear a petition from a Michigan gym seeking compensation from the state for the economic losses it suffered after being forced to scale back services or close during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:30:49 +0000 /michigan/articles/2348767?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /michigan/articles/2348767 Federal prosecutors in Detroit have charged a University of Michigan researcher and her boyfriend, both Chinese citizens, with smuggling a fungus that causes crop disease into the United States.