ArticleAutomotive M&A: What's AheadOptimism is building in the Automotive, Transportation, & Mobility sector, with 62% of respondents in Dykema's latest M&A Outlook Survey expecting...United StatesTransportDykema Gossett PLLC
Article2022 Real And Personal Property Tax AppealsThe 2022 tax assessment of real and personal property have been determined by the local Assessor and a Notice of Assessment was issued and mailed to property owners.United StatesTaxDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleCRA's July 2025 Updated Disciplinary Guidelines: A Much-Needed LifelineDuring last week's CRA quarterly public hearing, Executive Director Brian Hanna indicated that the agency would be releasing updated disciplinary guidelines that would reflect a change in agency policy...United StatesCannabis & HempDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleFederal Labor Law Preempts State's Attempt To Regulate Union Activity In Cannabis IndustryA federal court ruled that Oregon's labor peace agreement requirement for cannabis businesses is preempted by the NLRA.United StatesCannabis & HempDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticlePresident Trump Signs Executive Order To Reschedule Marijuana To Schedule III: Quick Takeaways For Cannabis OperatorsPresident Trump's executive order significantly accelerates the long-stalled federal process to reschedule marijuana to Schedule III.United StatesCannabis & HempDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleSecond Circuit Says Social Equity Goals Cannot Justify Discriminatory Application ProcessOn Tuesday, August 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit became the second federal appellate court to invalidate a state cannabis licensure...United StatesCannabis & HempDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleAt The Wheel: Winter EditionA new year brings fresh questions and new considerations for the automotive industry. It also marks a milestone for Dykema, as we celebrate our centennial this year. United StatesConsumer ProtectionDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleEEOC Limits Permissible Workplace COVID Testing In Its Most Recent GuidanceThat, in turn, has caused many employers to re-evaluate their COVID testing protocols to determine who may return to the office and when.United StatesEmployment and HRDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleRemote Work As A Reasonable AccommodationMany employees are being asked to return to the office this Summer due to perceptions, true or untrue, about waning COVID infections.United StatesEmployment and HRDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleDecision Alert: The Supreme Court Holds That Fuel Producers Have Standing To Sue EPAThe Supreme Court held 7-2 in Diamond Alternative Energy v. Environmental Protection Agency that fuel producers have standing to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s approval...United StatesEnvironmentDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleDecision Alert: Supreme Court Upholds FDA Denial Of E-Cigarette ProductsOn April 2, 2025, in a significant decision in FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision denying marketing authorization for certain e-cigarette products.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleAre Yield Maintenance And Make-whole Provisions In Jeopardy? Recent Fifth Circuit Decision Casts Serious Doubt On Enforceability Of Such Loan Provisions In The Context Of BankruptcyBankruptcy provides an opportunity for a fresh financial start. In that spirit, creditors' contractual rights are often impaired. But what happens in those rare circumstances...United StatesInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleCFPB Director States That A New Rule Aimed At Consumer Arbitration Clauses Is Unlikely But Calls For Non-monetary "Structural" Penalties For "Repeat Offenders"The 2017 class-action waiver prohibition was strenuously opposed by the financial industry, but the invalidating statutory act passed only with a tie-breaking vote from then Vice President Mike Pence.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleDecision Alert: Supreme Court Clears The Way For Executive ControlA divided Ninth Circuit panel declined to push the pause button on a San Francisco-based district court's nationwide injunction blocking...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleDecision Alert: Supreme Court Rules Texas Lacks Standing To Challenge Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing DecisionIn a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that the State of Texas and Fasken Land and Minerals Ltd., a private Texas-based company involved in oil...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleDecision Alert: Supreme Court Vacates Stay On Injunction To Block California Transgender Nondisclosure PolicyOn March 2, 2026, in Mirabelli v. Bonta (No. 25A810), the Supreme Court blocked a California law that prohibited public school officials...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleGrant AlertsIn Flower Foods, Inc. v. Brock (No. 24-935), the Supreme Court will determine whether workers who locally deliver goods that have travelled in interstate commerce qualify as "transportation workers"...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleSupreme Court Weighs Prohibition On Criminal Defense Attorney-Client CommunicationOn October 6, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Villarreal v. Texas (No. 24-557) to consider a constitutional question that could significantly affect criminal defendants' Sixth Amendment protections. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleGrant AlertThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear Salazar v. Paramount Global, a case that could significantly clarify the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act...United StatesPrivacyDykema Gossett PLLC
ArticleDecision Alert: Supreme Court Affirms Rule 60(b)'s High Bar To Reopen Final JudgmentsIn a unanimous and notable decision, the Supreme Court in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman reaffirmed the strict threshold imposed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDykema Gossett PLLC