March 15, 2025

One-Off Podcast #5

25 minutes

This time, our one-off podcast will highlight three different administrative law cases. Don’t let the topic bore you, this is actually far more relevant to your day-to-day life than most cases will. That’s because almost every license issued to a professional in the State of Michigan is authorized and issued by your state government. For that reason, we will discuss:

A United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals case making a determination whether the Michigan Constitution’s “Takings Clause” was implicated when the Edenville Dam collapsed in 2020, effectively evicting residents from their homes. Had Midland and Gladwin counties taken different actions, the Plaintiffs allege the dam never would have collapsed.

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) found numerous workplace safety violations after an investigation of an employee who died when working on electric poles. We’ll discuss what recourse, and the process, the company had when disputing the government’s violation citations.

Lastly, we discuss a licensed counselor who lost a major business contract after the Michigan Attorney General brought criminal charges (but ultimately dismissed them). The counselor argues the State of Michigan caused him to lose a significant portion of his business because of the contract termination, which only resulted because of the criminal charges that were brought against him. Now that the MI Attorney General has dismissed those charges, should the AG be on the hook for that lost business?

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