In the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 27, 2021, the Michigan House of Representatives passed House Bill 4722 (“HB 4722”), which significantly limits how local governments may regulate short-term rentals.

On September 30, 2021, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a decision that clarifies the scope of the state constitution’s voter-approval requirement for local governments to levy a new tax or increase the rate of an existing tax if such tax or increased rate was not already authorized by law at the time the Headlee Amendment, which added the requirement, was ratified.

On October 13 the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit issued an opinion finding that Canton Charter Township’s Tree Ordinance, which required landowners to obtain a permit before removing a tree and required mitigation as a condition of receiving a tree removal permit, was unconstitutional.

On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to stay OSHA’s Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”).

On November 6, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to stay enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) November 5, 2021, Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). The ETS requires all employers with 100 or more employees to adopt either 1) a written mandatory full-vaccination policy or 2) a written policy which permits employees to either become fully vaccinated or undergo weekly testing and wear a face covering. Per the Circuit’s order, the ETS is stayed due to potential statutory and constitutional issues.

On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released its Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) relating to COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements. The ETS requires all employers with 100 or more employees to adopt either 1) a written mandatory full-vaccination policy or 2) a written policy which permits employees to either become fully vaccinated or undergo weekly testing and wear a face covering. How the ETS effects individual employers is an employer-specific inquiry. However, the general points of the ETS are as follows: