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9th, 10th Circuits have come to the same conclusion
Supreme Court last year declined to take up the issue
(Reuters) - The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday became the latest court to conclude that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring unions from charging nonmembers fees did not overrule an earlier high court decision allowing states to require lawyers to pay bar association dues.
A three-judge 6th Circuit panel in a case brought by Michigan lawyer Lucille Taylor said the Supreme Court s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME may have undermined the reasoning behind a 1990 decision in Keller v. State Bar of California, but that Keller is still good law because the justices did not expressly overturn it.
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There is a possibility the state of
Michigan has been undercounting coronavirus-related nursing home deaths, according to lawyers at the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation.
The Mackinac Center announced last week that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) agreed to a settlement with the foundation s client, Detriot journalist Charlie LeDuff, after the department failed to provide LeDuff with public records he requested in January under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) related to nursing home deaths. This data is an essential part of accurately understanding the effects of this pandemic and the public policy implemented in response, Steve Delie, an attorney and the Mackinac Center’s FOIA expert, said in a May 21 statement. It also leaves open the possibility that the state is undercounting the number of deaths of those in nursing homes.
Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer could face criminal charges over her handling of COVID deaths in nursing homes, prosecutor says as journalist sues health department for withholding data
Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido on Monday said Gov Whitmer could face charges over her handling of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes If we find there s been willful neglect of office [or] reckless endangerment, we would move forward with charges against the governor, Lucido said
Lucido said his office has struggled with gathering information about nursing home deaths because of strict laws that shield patients health care details
It came as journalist Charles LeDuff filed a lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service