A key driver behind the update is the high number of properties that do not meet current standards. Under the existing code, 63% of parcels are considered non-conforming. With the changes in place, 99% of parcels will meet the updated standards.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan group of attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a $100 million multistate settlement with Walmart yesterday over allegations that the company deceived customers and drivers who participated in its Spark Driver program. Walmart will pay at least $890,000 to Michigan drivers in the program because of the company’s alleged actions.
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At least 26 million people have had their personal data stolen from Conduent, a company that provides printing, payment, and document processing services for some of the largest health insurance providers in the country. Some are already calling it one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history, exposing addresses, social security numbers, and health information to ransomware hackers.
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Whether Michigan succeeds in shutting down Line 5 will have significant economic and political ramifications. But the question before the court in Enbridge is much narrower. Still, whether Section 1446(b)’s 30-day deadline for removal is subject to equitable tolling could have important consequences for civil litigation in the U.S., particularly when parties have a strong preference for litigating in state or federal court.
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The new laws call for districts to create action plans to keep kids off their phones, except for emergencies and academic use. Exact details of what policies have to look like were left up to the individual school systems.
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The Pilgrim’s settlement is just one part of the multidistrict litigation that kicked off in 2016 with food service distributer Maplevale Farms suing poultry farms and chicken product producers over purported price fixing of “broiler chickens” — a chicken bred to gain lots of weight very fast.
Over the years, several bulk purchasers of the broiler chicken product like Walmart, Kraft Heinz and Nestle joined the suit and the case ballooned with over 100 associated lawsuits and more than 7,400 filings.
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