November 18, 2013 COURT OF CLAIMS TO MOVE With the stroke of his pen, Governor Rick Snyder signed into law legislation (SB 652) that moves the Michigan Court of Claims from Ingham County Circuit Court to the Michigan Court of Appeals. His signature is on condition that lawmakers pass a trailer or repair bill more ...

A Summary of the bills as passed by the Senate 10/8/13 Senate Bills 541-545 would enact largely clarifying amendments to the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act (2011 PA 152, MCL 15.561 to 15.569), which established limits on employer contributions to public employee health care coverage. Most o more ...

POLICE FATALITIES MID 2013 Heart attacks among top causes of officer deaths — Excerpted from National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and USA Today While 2013 is shaping up to be one of the safest years on record compared to the average number of line-of-duty fatalities per decade, one rising cause of more ...

MICHIGAN LAW RULINGS Unions challenge Republican laws in court — By Jennifer Foley, POJ Editor with excerpts from Karoub Associates and media reports Higher courts will likely have a lot of hot topic issues to decide which affect labor unions in the months to come. Recent legislation, passed by the Republican more ...