LegalReader

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Jimmy Johns franchise agreed to a settlement to avoid risks and costs associated with further litigation, according to the corporation’s attorneys. .

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APRIL 5, 2021

The warden of the Michigan Reformatory, the head of executive affairs, and a corrections officer were recently hit was a lawsuit over sexual harassment claims.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The workers wrote in their lawsuit that Michigan State violated their "constitutional rights" by requiring them to get vaccinated against novel coronavirus.

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LegalReader

APRIL 14, 2021

A Michigan woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Grand Traverse County Commissioner Ron Claus, who attained national notoriety after brandishing a semi-automatic rifle in a public Zoom meeting. According to The Detroit Free Press, the lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Traverse City.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Medical device injuries can lead to a manufacturer vigorously defending any negative litigation to maintain company value.

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Law 360

MARCH 27, 2022

the state of Michigan and USA Gymnastics settled for millions of dollars in high-profile litigation involving opioids, lead-tainted water and sexual assault. In the past year, major entities such as McKesson Corp.,

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Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2024

it wouldn't reverse a Michigan federal court's decision "willy-nilly" at oral arguments Thursday, when the firm sought to prevent partial reimbursement for underlying stock valuation litigation while its insurer continued to fight for total payback. A Sixth Circuit panel told investment firm Stout Risius Ross Inc.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Six years ago, I wrote a column questioning charges in the Flint Michigan lead tainted water case as having more of a political than legal basis. Now, the state of Michigan will have to pay $300,000 to settle wrongful discharge claims by Liane Shekter Smith, the only employee who was fired as a result of the controversy.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Courts are themselves a key part of the access to justice problem: opaque, duplicative and confusing court forms and burdensome filing processes make accessing the civil justice system deeply inefficient for the sophisticated, and an impenetrable maze for the 70+% of civil litigants who don’t have a lawyer.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 21, 2021

Lawyers opposing Detroit’s bid for sanctions in Michigan election litigation argue that they can’t be held accountable if they signed the pleadings in typewritten form.…

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A school in an affluent Michigan suburb is hit with a racial discrimination lawsuit.

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Law 360

AUGUST 28, 2023

Two attorneys asked a Michigan federal judge Friday to intervene and stop their former partner from making off with a $1 million fee in the Flint water crisis litigation, telling the court her efforts violate an agreement they reached when their firm split in 2017.

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Law 360

JUNE 16, 2023

A Michigan Court of Appeals panel won't revive long-running litigation over a failed oil well venture, finding a trial judge did not abuse his discretion by tossing the case because of investors' gamesmanship.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Trellis has now added coverage for courts in Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. In each of those states but Michigan, its coverage spans all counties. Michigan covers the counties of Ingham, Montcalm, Oakland, Ottawa, Saginaw, Washtenaw and Wayne. Last year, it raised $14.1

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2021

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday joined the University of Michigan Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative and the ACLU of Michigan in filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of Robert Williams , who was falsely arrested last year based on faulty facial recognition technology that has been banned in several cities throughout (..)

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 18, 2022

” The story came to mind recently with a controversy in Michigan where the Chief Judge of Michigan’s Court of Claims Elizabeth Gleicher said that she will preside over a challenge to an abortion law brought by Planned Parenthood despite her previously representing the group and her annual contributions to the group.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 23, 2023

Maria Antonia Tigre continues to build out the Peer Review Network on Global Climate Litigation , which includes rapporteurs from around the world who help to ensure the Center’s global climate litigation database is up to date. Gerrard (June 2022) Climate Science in Adaptation Litigation in the U.S., Webb, and Michael B.

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LegalReader

APRIL 15, 2021

Divorce is disappointing, but if you take the right steps, you can make a smooth transition into your new life. .

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 21, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a deaf student’s lawsuit against a Michigan school district that failed to provide him with a qualified sign-language interpreter. Before the DOE could hold a hearing, the school board settled Perez’s IDEA claim by agreeing to pay for him to attend the Michigan School for the Deaf.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Attorneys for Oxford Schools officials have argued that victims and their family members cannot file a civil claim against a public entity.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 8, 2022

As with most types of personal injury lawsuits, the statute of limitations for medical malpractice is 2 years from the time of the injury-causing event. However, there are several exceptions that allow you to sue later. .

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LegalReader

APRIL 19, 2022

You can seek compensation for your subsequent medical expenses, following the surgery.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

You can seek damages for all their medical expenses, past and future, their educational expenses, housing costs, transportation costs, and any other type of expenses their special condition may incur. .

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Plaintiffs argued the unconstitutionality of the Medicare Negotiation Program under the Fifth Amendment by relying on Michigan Bell v. at this early juncture in the litigation,” and asked the Plaintiffs to submit an amended complaint to further clarify with any additional factual developments. See Motion at 11. Order at 22.

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LegalReader

MARCH 25, 2021

The university's Title IX director allegedly try to dissuade some women from reporting assaults, saying they wouldn't be taken seriously.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

But what happens if a party begins to litigate a case, and then seeks to compel arbitration several months later? Sundance , had been filed in Michigan, though the court in that case had limited its scope to Sundance’s Michigan restaurants. In Morgan v. Finally, the parties make dueling policy arguments.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These injuries are especially common for those driving older vehicles.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The lawsuit alleges that Mount Pleasant Public Schools staffers violated the 7-year-old girl's constitutional rights.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 7, 2022

Class action status granted in sexual assault case against McDonald's manager.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? We share what we found below. In addition, we just learned of a new NIJ study on the use of Chatbots in the Criminal Justice System to add to our list of online helpers.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The 71-year-old plaintiff said that employees from a Fifth Third Bank in Livonia tried to take her $12,000 slot machine jackpot, claiming the check was "fraudulent.".

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LegalReader

APRIL 26, 2022

The teenager, who ran from the police and then refused to sit inside a cruiser once handcuffed, sued the city after officers repeatedly hit her leg to force her inside a police car.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 25, 2022

Granting alimony is at the judge’s discretion and if this is an issue, you’ll want a skilled Michigan divorce lawyer to build a convincing case. .

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

PTP asks to join Peninsula Township as a co-defendant in WOMP's case.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 23, 2022

The regatta took place on Lake Michigan in September 2022 benefitted from perfect weather (not always a sure thing in Chicago). Principal Race Officer (PRO) and Chicago patent litigator Leif Sigmond, Jr. , The 2022 Patent Cup was organized by my former boss Marcus Thymian.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

On appeal, Davenport argued that his conviction should be reversed because of this constitutional violation, but the Michigan appellate courts determined that the error was harmless. The Michigan trial and intermediate appellate courts relied on this latter testimony to hold that the error was harmless.

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