Michigan Litigation Attorneys Focused on Civil Rights, Business & Personal Injury
482156434

Michigan Litigation Law Blog | Local Michigan and National Legal News Updates

Michigan Litigation and National Legal News.

Posts tagged Supreme Court
Supreme Court sides with straight woman in decision that makes it easier to file ‘reverse discrimination’ suits

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a straight woman in Ohio who filed a “reverse discrimination” lawsuit against her employer when her gay boss declined to promote her. The ruling will make it easier to file such suits in some parts of the country.

Read More
U.S. Supreme Court won't hear Michigan gym's case over COVID-19 losses

Randy Clark and his wife, Yvette Franco-Clark, who own and operate The Gym 24/7 Fitness in Alma sued the state in 2020 over an order by Whitmer that closed gyms and certain other businesses to protect the public from the health emergency caused by COVID-19 in March of that year that remained in place for six months.

The Supreme Court denied a request to take up the case without comment.

Read More
The Supreme Court’s ruling on a century-old statute could take away your rights — we should all be worried.

Neal Bissonnette and Tyler Wojnarowski drove trucks that delivered Wonder Bread and other baked goods. They sued Flowers Foods in 2019, claiming they were wrongly classified as independent contractors to avoid wage laws. Flowers Foods sought to enforce arbitration, which the courts supported, despite the argument of the drivers that they should be exempt as “transportation workers.” 

Read More
Supreme Court to weigh Trump’s immunity claim in D.C. 2020 election trial

The Supreme Court will review Donald Trump’s unprecedented claim that he is shielded from prosecution for actions taken while in office, further delaying the former president’s federal trial in the nation’s capital on charges of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to remain in power.

Read More
Supreme Court issues long-awaited ruling on 'Basic' presumption at class certification

On June 23, 2021, the Court held that the generality of an alleged misstatement is relevant to whether that misstatement impacted the price of a security, and courts should therefore consider the materiality of the statement when deciding whether a plaintiff may invoke the Basic presumption of reliance at the class certification stage, even if that exercise overlaps with merits issues.

Read More