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September Case Summaries

New Legal Update

Your Partnership includes monthly Legal Updates compiling summaries of all the Michigan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals published opinions from the previous month, arranged by practice area, with links to the full opinions. Check out the September 2025 update to help you stay up to date on cases you may have missed.

Evidence Updates

Updated Book

ICLE's Michigan Courtroom Evidence Annotated includes the full text of the Michigan Rules of Evidence, expert explanations, helpful annotations, and several appendixes outlining common objections. The recently updated book includes cases on the rape shield statute and hearsay statements in domestic violence cases, as well as updated explanations of evidentiary rules and statutes.

MRTA Deadline Extended

Updated Legal Update

2025 PA 13, which went into effect on September 29, 2025, once again extends the deadline for preserving certain property rights and interests in a marketable record title under the Marketable Record Title Act (MRTA), this time to September 29, 2027. Check out this updated Legal Update for a breakdown of the rights and interests affected.

MSC October Case Preview

New Legal Update

The Michigan Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a variety of cases throughout the 2025-2026 term. This new Legal Update previews the cases slated for oral argument this month, including one case on which leave to appeal has been granted and a number of cases under the mini-oral argument on the application rules.

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Approaching the Bench

Q&A with Judge Andrew Kowalkowski, 44th District Court (Oakland County)

Matthew J. Franson | 08/01/2025

Hon. Andrew W. Kowalkowski was appointed judge for the 44th District Court in April 2022. Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Kowalkowski was an administrative law examiner for the Michigan Department of State, and before that, he was a...

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FinCEN Exempts U.S.-Based Companies and Individuals from CTA Reporting

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