Tag Archives: Legal Defense

Artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever to create convincing fake images and videos of real people — and Michigan has responded with criminal law specifically targeting this threat. With the enactment of Public Act 11 of 2025, Michigan now has the Protection from Intimate Deep Fakes Act, which imposes serious criminal and civil […]

Threatening to Share Intimate Images Is a Felony in Michigan — Even If You Never Follow Through Michigan law imposes serious consequences on anyone who threatens to release private images and gives victims tools to protect themselves. Two Michigan statutes — MCL 750.213b and MCL 750.145e — along with Michigan’s general extortion law (MCL 750.213) […]

Police Use of Force Must Now Be Evaluated Based on the “Totality of the Circumstances”—Not Just the Moment Shots Are Fired In a ruling with nationwide implications, including here in Michigan, the United States Supreme Court has clarified how courts must analyze excessive use of force claims under the Fourth Amendment. In Barnes v. Felix, […]

Defending Your Rights Against Shaken Baby Syndrome Charges We’ve seen more than our fair share of tough battles as Michigan criminal defense attorneys. But when it comes to defending against Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) charges, the stakes are sky-high. The Michigan Supreme Court’s ruling in People v. Lemons serves as a stark reminder: expert witnesses can make […]

You’re probably familiar with the polygraph test. Sometimes it’s call a lie detector test. It’s  equipment that someone is hooked up to that measures their blood pressure, respiration, and eye movements, while they’re asked a series of questions. The purpose, of course, is to determine if they’re lying or not. Which sounds great, if you […]

  Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been discussing probation violations in Michigan, and what that can mean for you. As we mentioned in the previous article, a lot depends on your probation officer, but in the end it’s really the judge who gets to decide whether or not a violation has occurred, […]

  Being arrested is a scary experience, especially if this is your first time. We’ve met with hundreds, maybe thousands of clients over the decades who are terrified and have no idea what to expect once they get to jail. If we had a dollar for every time a frightened person asked one of us […]

  One of the greatest anomalies that people from European countries have pointed out about the disparity in American law has to do with the age at which people are allowed to partake in certain activities. For example, only in the U.S. can you drive a car on an interstate highway at 16, go to […]

  While it may appear at first glance that this story could only be important to the man whose federal appeal earned him the right to carry a weapon in Michigan, the implications are huge for people all over the nation. You might wonder how one man’s federal appeal impact your life or the lives […]

Novi Restaurateur Charged After Fire Kills Five Undocumented Immigrants Roger Tam and his wife, Ada Lei, who live in Novi and own the Chinese restaurant Kim’s Garden, are in a lot of trouble for a house fire that killed five undocumented Mexican immigrants. According to police, the couple are now facing federal charges as a […]