In two lengthy opinions issued last month, a Michigan federal district court granted summary judgment to the state, dismissing pre-enforcement civil rights actions, one brought by a Catholic parish-run school and school parents, and the second brought by a Christian
The Table Is Yours: NLRB Protects Bold Bargaining as New Majority Ramps Up
The National Labor Relations Board’s recent decision in Inland Waters is significant for employers not only for what it says about bargaining proposals, but also for what it signals about the direction of federal labor law under the Board’s emerging
Conflicts Costs and Clashes — Playboy Points to Conflicts in Firm Fee Fight, Conflicted Firm Faces Client Suit Over Kept Fees, Top City Attorney Faces Ethics and Conflicts Charges
“Nelson Mullins Faces Ex-Client’s $1M Fee Suit Over Conflict” —
- “A former client of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough is suing the firm and two partners over their fees, claiming they failed to disclose a conflict in representing
Cyclospora patients in outbreak linked to lettuce top 11,000; three more states added
The rate of new illnesses in the multi-state outbreak from the Cyclospora parasite outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce may be slowing, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting an additional three states are involved.As of today, the
Ninety-Seven Percent of the People in This Cyclospora Outbreak Got Sick Before the Recall. CDC Added 528 More This Week and Three New States.
FDA and CDC updated the multistate Cyclospora outbreak today, August 27, 2026: 11,458 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, at least 495 hospitalizations and two deaths across twenty states, with illness onsets running from June 14 through August 15, all of it tied to processed
Six Food Poisoning Outbreaks Are Running at Once and They Add Up to 11,549 People – E. coli, Salmonella, Cyclospora
As of Thursday, August 27, 2026, six reported foodborne illness outbreaks are running at the same time in the United States, and between them they account for 11,549 reported illnesses, at least 552 hospitalizations and two deaths. They are Cyclospora in iceberg
FDA Now Carries Nineteen Open Foodborne Illness Investigations, 12,201 People Sick, 595 Hospitalized and Three Dead. A New Salmonella Newport Outbreak Was Posted Today With 84 People Already In It and No Food Named. The Alfalfa Sprout Recall FDA Asked For Finally Issued on August 22.
FDA updated its Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks table today, August 26, 2026, and the Active section now runs to nineteen files. Add up the case counts the agency publishes on each one and the table describes 12,201 illnesses, 595
6th Circuit Questions Whether "Secular Purpose" Is Still Part of Establishment Clause Compliance
In Gordon v. City of Hamtramck, (6th Cir., Aug. 21, 2026), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Free Speech, Establishment Clause and Equal Protection challenges to a city Ordinance that changed the rules on what flags could
"In the most eye-popping moment of the exchange, Mr. Watters asked if Dr. El-Sayed believed it was OK 'for a parent to slash his kid’s ding-a-ling off'…"
“… referring to transition surgeries for minors. Dr. El-Sayed responded by asking if Mr. Watters was circumcised. ‘Uh, yeah, but that’s a personal question, doctor,’ Mr. Watters responded, laughing, before contending that ‘circumcision’s different than castration.’ Dr. El-Sayed said that
Exorcist Priest’s Defamation Suit May Move Ahead
In Martins v. Romero, (ED MI, Aug. 21, 2026), a Michigan federal district court refused to dismiss a suit by a Catholic priest against a podcaster and a frequent guest on the podcast, alleging that their podcasts defamed him