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Two bills are being fast-tracked through a Michigan lame-duck legislative session that would fundamentally alter the State’s legal system regarding awarding attorney fees to a prevailing party.

Specifically, the two bills were introduced on November 8, 2018, and are:

  1. SB 1182 Civil procedure; costs and fees; attorney fees; require the award to the prevailing

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Amendments to the Michigan Business Court SRevising Michigan Business Court Disputestatute go into effect today, October 11, 2017. These amendments primarily focus on clarifying the cases that are to be assigned to business courts.

Also, the statute was amended to clarify a Business Court’s jurisdiction to hear business disputes involving equitable or declaratory relief. The amendment now clarifies…