A recent federal court decision marks an important win for automotive suppliers in the ongoing debate over what constitutes a valid requirements contract under Michigan law following the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision in...more
3/24/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
Breach of Contract ,
Commercial Contracts ,
Contract Terms ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Enforcement ,
Evidence ,
Jurisdiction ,
Litigation Strategies ,
OEM ,
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
On Monday, January 27, 2025, the One-to-One Consent Rule (“the Rule”) promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission (the “Commission”) a year ago, on December 18, 2023, was set to go into effect. Under this Rule, a...more
For many years, Michigan has consistently interpreted “blanket” purchase orders as binding requirements contracts that could bind suppliers (and buyers) for many years — frequently, for the life of a particular OEM or buyer...more
At Class Certification Stage, Non-Expert Evidence Must Be Reliable, but Not Necessarily Admissible: As the Supreme Court explained 40 years ago in General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon, 457 U.S. 147, 161 (1982),...more
The data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management was one of the most serious and possibly one of the top ten largest data breaches of the 21st century, compromising background investigation records for some 22...more
12/5/2017
/ Article III ,
Clapper v. Amnesty International ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
FISA ,
Identity Theft ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Retailers
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a significant Medicaid-preemption case from the Ninth Circuit, Exceptional Child Center, Inc. v. Armstrong. In that case, Medicaid-participating...more