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11.04.25
As the automotive industry heads into the final stretch of 2025, At the Wheel: An Automotive Roundup brings you the latest from Dykema’s Automotive, Mobility & Transportation group. In this Fall…
10.31.25
Trending Up/Trending Down: Data Privacy and Security
Trending Up: Smart Cars, Smarter Lawsuits The connected car has hit some speed bumps. In the wake of FTC enforcement actions that began in late 2024, the agency has continued targeting automakers for…
10.15.25
Eleventh Circuit: Misappropriation Exclusion Doesn’t Bar Duty to Defend Under Georgia Law
The Eleventh Circuit has held under Georgia law that a misappropriation exclusion in a lawyer’s professional liability insurance policy did not eliminate the insurer’s duty to defend an underlying…
10.09.25
Trending Up/Trending Down: Mergers and Acquisitions
Trending Up: Lean and Mean Portfolios The first half of 2025 saw many automotive companies narrowing their scope to adopt a more efficient approach to dealmaking. Instead of chasing every growth…
10.08.25
Artificial Intelligence – Issues for Employers to Consider
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent in the workplace, employers should put in place guidelines to ensure that the benefits of AI are not offset by risks associated with…
10.03.25
Michigan Cannabis Tax Passes: Numbers
At 3:00 a.m. on October 3, 2025, Michigan’s Legislature passed a 24% wholesale tax on legal marijuana sales, without hearing a single second of testimony and just eight days after the bill’s language…
10.01.25
The Real Impact of Michigan’s New Wholesale Marijuana Tax
Takeaways After failing to enact annual appropriations bills by the start of the new fiscal year, Michigan legislators have taken the unprecedented step of passing a short continuation budget.…
9.29.25
Bucking the Trend: Michigan Wholesale Tax Nightmare at Hand
Takeaways As everyone in Michigan’s cannabis industry is all too painfully aware, Michigan’s Legislative leaders and Governor have agreed to create a new (minimum) 24% wholesale tax on the state’s…
9.22.25
Trending Up/Trending Down: Advanced Mobility
Trending Up: No Hands, No Excuses With the release of NHTSA’s new Automated Vehicle Framework (AVF) in April, manufacturers of autonomous systems can see a more straightforward—if more arduous—path…
9.18.25
Takeways On Tuesday, September 16, the Chairman of Michigan’s House Regulatory Reform Committee, Representative Joseph Aragona, introduced a package of bills to address two significant problems…
9.12.25
Takeaways On September 10, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-56 to impose more rigorous regulations on THC products derived from hemp. The order comes amid legislative…
9.04.25
Trending Up/Trending Down: Artificial Intelligence
Trending Up: Liability by Algorithm Lawmakers and courts are shifting from theory to rulemaking as AI takes the wheel, bringing new questions about fault along for the ride. Recent legislation in the…
8.20.25
New CCPA Regulations: Culture Change and the Rise of the ex ante Framework
Takeaways Summary After a tortured process taking years, the California Privacy Protection Agency has finalized the long-awaited amendments to the CCPA Regulations. The final package of regulations,…
8.14.25
Second Circuit Says Social Equity Goals Cannot Justify Discriminatory Application Process
Takeaways On 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 program that discriminates against…
8.07.25
Welcome to the June/July edition of At the Wheel: An Automotive Roundup. We begin with highlights from our recent Automotive Legal Summit, a one-day event packed with valuable insights and dynamic…
8.06.25
Protect Your License: Dykema Launches Michigan Cannabis Compliance & Risk Mitigation Training
Flat-fee training prepares your team for inspections, reduces risk, and helps avoid penalties Recent reporting showed that in 2024, the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) issued more than twice…
7.24.25
Texas Senate Continues to Push Broad Ban on Hemp-Derived THC in Special Session
Takeaways The Texas Legislature kicked off a special session Monday, July 21, 2025, to address more than a dozen matters, including responding to Governor Greg Abbott’s recent veto of a full THC ban…
7.14.25
The Supreme Court held in Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. that retailers of e-cigarette products are “persons adversely affected” by an FDA denial order under the Family Smoking…
7.14.25
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Affirms Rule 60(b)’s High Bar to Reopen Final Judgments
In 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(b)(6), holding that a party may not…
7.14.25
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Clarifies Venue for Environmental Challenges
In a 6-2 decision authored by Justice Thomas, the Supreme Court held in consolidated cases Oklahoma v. EPA and PacifiCorp v. EPA that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s disapprovals of 21…
