On Saturday, August 8, President Trump issued one executive order and three memoranda for purposes of providing a framework for continued relief for people suffering financial hardship as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The firm has supplied articles and alerts regarding COVID-19 since March 20, 2020, when the federal and state governments began to release orders and plans to deal with the many issues brought on by the COVID-19 epidemic.

Wednesday evening, Governor Whitmer issued Executive Orders 160 and 161 for the purposes of amending and updating the executive orders previously in effect governing Michigan’s reopening and mandated worker safeguards.

What is Riparian Land? The body of Michigan law governing riparian property rights applies, self-evidently, only to riparian land. Therefore, the threshold question is, what constitutes riparian land? Under Michigan law, “riparian land” is defined as a parcel of land which is bounded by, or includes therein, a natural watercourse.

At the November 2018 election, the Michigan voters approved Proposal 3, which had the effect of creating a constitutional right to vote by absentee ballot, without providing a reason. As a result of the broad language appearing in this constitutional amendment, there has been a degree confusion about how to implement some of the finer details of no-reason absentee voting. Some of these issues were resolved by the Michigan Court of Appeals in the recent case of League of Women Voters of Michigan v Secretary of State, which was published on July 14, 2020.