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Another Blockbuster Supreme Court Term

September 28, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to issue more major decisions in its upcoming term on affirmative action, voting access, LGBTQ rights, immigration, and more.

Read more at: Time.com

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Legal Reforms In Utah & Arizona Made Law Better

September 27, 2022

Legal Reforms In Utah & Arizona Made Law Better So Obviously No One Is Following Their Lead.

Arizona and Utah both instituted new rules permitting non-lawyer ownership of legal practices, while Utah also authorized limited non-lawyer legal practice.

Read more at Above The Law

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Customs is collecting private phone, computer data at border

September 21, 2022

The U.S. government is collecting and storing data from up to 10,000 electronic devices each year from travelers at international borders.

Read more at Detroit Free Press

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Kalamazoo May Need No. 2 Plan

September 20, 2022

Kalamazoo may need No. 2 plan as state moves to override city’s repeal of decency law. The city of Kalamazoo made national news after it decriminalized public urination, defecation and littering in July.

Read more at Michigan Capitol Confidential

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State not federal policy guides US autonomous driving

September 19, 2022

Since 2012, the federal government has published voluntary guidance that empowers states to create AV statutory frameworks that may incentivise autonomous driving activities based on their risk tolerance.

Read more at Automotive World

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Forcing Employers To Pay for Drugs Is Still Prohibited

September 9, 2022

Forcing Employers To Pay for Drugs That Violate Their Consciences Is Still Prohibited by Federal Law. A judge sided with a plaintiff who objects to procuring coverage for HIV-prevention medications.

Read more at reason

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New Michigan law bans fake urine to pass drug tests

September 7, 2022

It is now a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine for someone to “distribute, deliver, sell, or possess with intent to distribute, deliver, or sell a drug masking product.”

Read more at mLive.com

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Michigan's no-fault overhaul does not apply to previous crash survivors

August 29, 2022

A Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday that new medical cost controls in Michigan's recent overhaul of its no-fault auto insurance system are unconstitutional and do not apply retroactively to crash victims whose accidents occurred before the 2019 change in the law.

Read more at Detroit Free Press

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New School Bus Law

August 26, 2022

Prior to October 2021, drivers couldn’t be punished for passing a bus unless an officer caught them in the act. After a new law was passed, that all changed. Police can now use video recordings captured by a school bus when an officer isn’t present to issue a citation.

Read more at WoodTV8

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Golf carts are weirdly popular - and street legal

August 24, 2022

More than two dozen communities have adopted a golf cart ordinance.

Read more at mLive.com

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