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MDCR
February 12, 2021
LANSING, MI - Today leaders of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights issued statements applauding the decision by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) affirming that the Fair Housing Act provides protection from discrimination for the LGBTQ community.
HUD’s decision means that the Fair Housing Act provision that prohibits discrimination on the basis of “sex” includes protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
“The HUD decision echoes the call made by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission in May of 2018, when we issued an interpretive statement declaring that the word “sex” in Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act includes protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity,” said Stacie Clayton, Chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. “It is a position the Commission has held for well over a decade: that LGBT
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Miller Canfield
Detroit-based law firm Miller Canfield, which has a Grand Rapids office, named Megan Norris as its new chief executive officer, the first woman in the firm’s history to hold that title.
She will succeed Michael McGee, who has been the CEO since 2013, on Feb. 26. Norris will lead the firm by continuing to focus on providing client value and efficiency.
“In many ways, for nearly 170 years, the firm’s focus has never changed: Our primary purpose is always to serve our clients,” Norris said. “And we can’t do so without the best attorneys in the business. What is always changing is what our clients need. Clients face budgetary restrictions, so we must adapt to provide high-quality legal services in more efficient ways while remaining profitable.”
Civil rights complaint filed against the City of Kalamazoo
and last updated 2021-01-28 22:38:54-05
KALAMAZOO, Mich. â A former Kalamazoo resident has filed a civil rights complaint alleging the city was specifically zoned so that a paper mill would be near primarily African American neighborhoods.
The complaint was filed in late 2020 with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights by Brandi Crawford-Johnson, who moved to the area next to Graphic Packaging. The plant manufactures paperboard and paper-based packaging for products related to the food, beverage, household, personal care, and pet product industries.
Crawford-Johnson is taking several different legal avenues against both the paper mill and the City of Kalamazoo. Previously, she filed a class-action lawsuit against Graphic Packaging. According to the lawsuit obtained by FOX 17, the strong odor emitting from the plant caused some residents to believe they have developed respiratory issues including asthma and COPD. O
Dana Nessel, attorney general, state of Michigan
MARQUETTE Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, on behalf of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, has filed appeals with the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court following the December ruling by the Michigan Court of Claims, holding that the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act provides protection for “gender identity” discrimination but not for sexual orientation discrimination.
Nessel also filed a bypass application for leave before the Michigan Supreme Court.
Plaintiffs in the original lawsuit include UpRooted Electrolysis LLC, based in Gwinn, and Rouch World LLC, an amusement park in downstate Sturgis, while the defendants are the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and James White, MDCR director.