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On the final decision day of the October 2025 term, the Supreme Court held that state laws prohibiting transgender girls and women from participating on girls’ and women’s athletic teams do not violate Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In a pair of end-of-term decisions, the Supreme Court addressed two distinct questions in federal election law. In National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, the Court held that federal limits on coordinated spending between political parties and their candidates were unconstitutional in violation of the First Amendment.  In Watson v. Republican National Committee, the Court concluded that federal election-day statutes do not require absentee ballots to be received by election day, leaving state laws allowing receipt after election day intact. 

On June 17, 2026, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a published decision holding that deed restrictions imposed as a condition of qualifying for tax exempt bond financing must be taken into consideration in establishing the value of property for Michigan property tax purposes.

As Michigan public schools prepare their 2026-2027 budgets, schools should be aware of the short-term borrowing options available to cover their projected operating cash-flow shortfalls. Our comprehensive summary of each of these borrowing options, including a discussion of the sizing requirements, cash-flow projections, tax law considerations and other information, is available for download now.

On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it is formally rescinding the Biden administration’s 2024 Final Overtime Rule. The 2024 rule would have significantly increased the minimum annual salary threshold required to classify employees as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

A federal court sends your case to arbitration. But who later decides the fate of the arbitration award – the same federal judge or a new state court? The U.S. Supreme Court has now answered that question: the same federal judge who sent the case to arbitration continues to have jurisdiction to confirm or vacate the resulting arbitration award.

Arbitration is often faster and less costly than litigation, but it can still involve significant time and expense. Two new AAA-ICDR initiatives — the AI Arbitrator and Resolution Simulator — are testing whether AI-assisted tools can make certain arbitration matters more efficient and help parties assess potential outcomes before filing a demand.

On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that would establish a uniform standard for determining joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). The DOL’s proposal aims to bring greater uniformity, consistency, and transparency with respect to its enforcement actions under these statutes.

Over the last three decades, 40 states have legalized the sale and use of medical marijuana in one form or another. Last week, the federal government followed suit, and the policy change could have significant repercussions on employers.

When a company uses the same arbitration clause across multiple contracts, can one adverse ruling invalidate the clause for everyone? In O’Dell v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said no, holding that other contracting parties cannot rely on an arbitrator’s unenforceability ruling to challenge their own arbitration agreements.