In early January, many townships across the state received a Notice of Eligibility to Incorporate as a Charter Township from the Michigan Secretary of State.

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a request to stay the implementation of the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard mandating that employers with 100 or more employees require their employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations or be tested for COVID-19 weekly (“the OSHA ETS”).

The firm recently elected the following lawyers to its Management Committee for calendar year 2022: Scott E. Dwyer (Chair), Mark E. Nettleton and Joshua D. Beard.

The Michigan Court of Appeals issued an opinion in the case of Blackwell v City of Livonia upholding a denial of a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for messages sent to the Facebook profile of “Livonia Mayor Maureen Miller Brosnan.” The question at issue in the case was whether the messages are “public records” as defined in the FOIA statute. The Court considered several factors to reach its determination that the messages do not constitute “public records” subject to disclosure under FOIA.

The purpose of a good estate plan is to adequately account for the disposition of valuable assets after the passing of the person making the estate plan. While many assets can be disposed of through the traditional means, such as wills and standard trusts, the process can be more difficult for items that are subject to greater regulation. One primary example of this is firearms.