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A GLP-1 medication does not create an automatic DUI defense. But if the medication altered the timing of alcohol absorption, a later BAC may not accurately describe the driver’s BAC at an earlier time. This can become important in a rising-BAC defense and when a prosecution expert uses retrograde extrapolation to estimate...


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A victim’s intoxication can be relevant in a Michigan DUI causing death case, but not simply because alcohol, marijuana, or another drug was found in the victim’s system. The important question is whether the victim’s intoxication, considered together with the victim’s conduct and the other circumstances of the c...


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Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Returns After More Than 30 Years: What the New DOJ Rule Changes

For more than three decades, federal law contained a procedure allowing some prohibited persons to seek restoration of their firearm rights, but the administrative process was effectively unavailable. That is now changing. On August 20, 2026, the Department of Justice published...


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Yes. Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers can become important evidence in a Michigan criminal case because they can record a vehicle at a particular place and time and make that information searchable by law enforcement. Police may use those records to develop a suspect, locate a vehicle, corroborate a timeline, establish operation, s...


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For the first time in more than three decades, the federal government has created a functioning process through which certain people prohibited from possessing firearms may apply to have their federal firearm rights restored. That development is particularly important in Michigan because restoring firearm rights under Michigan law does not necessarily answer the...

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