Year: 2018

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Sixth Circuit holds the NLRA and FLSA do not render individual arbitration agreements unenforceable

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that the National Labor Relations Act...

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Eighth Circuit Holds that Overtime Can Be an Essential Job Function

The Eighth Circuit in Faidley v. United Parcel Service of America, Inc., No. 16-1073 (8th Cir. May 11,...

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Michigan Consumer Protection Act claim against gym that failed to disclose transgender locker room policy allowed to proceed to trial

The Michigan Court of Appeals recent ruled in Cormier v PF-Fitness Midland, LLC. Docket No. 331286 (July 2018),...

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California Supreme Court Rules that Federal De Minimis Rule Does Not Apply to California

The California Supreme Court recently held in Troester v. Starbucks Corp., 9th Cir. No. 14-55530 (July 2018) that...

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The Michigan Court of Appeals Holds that Courts Cannot Override a Contractual Jury Trial Waiver

The Michigan Court of Appeals held in Egan v. Prop Services, Docket No. 336358, (June 2018) that courts...

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Document created on phone app ruled to be a binding will by Michigan Court of Appeals

In a published opinion, the Michigan Court of Appeals held that a note created by a decedent on...

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Detroit-Based IPSE Launches “Declaration of Independents”

IPSE-U.S., a Detroit based not-for-profit organization founded in September by former Kelly Services CEO Carl Camden, aims to...

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Modifications to existing contracts must be in writing or supported by consideration

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently decided in Dunkel v. Signal Medical Corp., whether extensions for the repayment...

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Collateral Estoppel Does Not Apply to Claims Settled Through Consent Order Where Claims Not Litigated

The Michigan Court of Appeals held in Sure Work, LLC v Jeffrey Crawford, Docket No. 339280 (July 2018),...

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Claims Dismissed Against Catholic Central of Grand Rapids Diocese, School Administrators, and Coaches Related to Tutor’s Sexual Abuse of Student

The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision, in Brendan Boman v. Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapid...

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