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  • New ‘Pantsuits and Lawsuits’ podcast addresses AI data centers

    April 15, 2026

    In the latest episode of the “Pantsuits and Lawsuits” podcast, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel unpacks the real-world stakes of rapidly expanding AI data centers and the impact their enormous energy demands could have on reliability, affordability, and community well-being.

  • Duly Noted

    April 15, 2026

    Attorney and shareholder Christopher M. Hiller has joined Butzel’s Grand Rapids office. His practice is focused on helping businesses and individuals in diverse sectors, including automotive, health care, education, manufacturing, and others. 

  • Michigan’s new Anti-SLAPP law: a practical guide for business counsel

    April 15, 2026

    Consider a scenario: a Michigan business owner testifies at a township planning meeting against a proposed development. Weeks later, the developer files a defamation suit. The suit is filed not to win, but to bury the business owner in legal fees and send a message to anyone else thinking about speaking up. Before December 2025, that business owner had no expedited way out. Now they do.

  • Bar exam pass rates increased in 2025, including for first-time exam takers

    April 15, 2026

    The pass rate for first-time takers who sat for the bar exam rose by more than a percentage point in 2025 over 2024, according to new data from the managing director’s office of the Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

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