Title 691, JUDICIARY

Sec. 20. This act does not do either of the following: (a) Limit the ability of the petitioner to request relief under section 2950 or 2950a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950 and 600.2950a. (b) Limit the ability of an individual to file a petition u…

Sec. 21. (1) The state court administrative office, acting at the direction of the supreme court, shall prepare an annual report on and relating to the application of this act by the courts. (2) The report required by this section must contain all of the following: (a) The number…

Sec. 1. (1) This act may be cited as the "uniform public expression protection act". (2) The purpose and intent of this act is to do all of the following: (a) Establish that it is the public policy of this state to promote the rights of citizens to vigorously participate in gover…

Sec. 2. (1) As used in this act: (a) "Goods or services" does not include the creation, dissemination, exhibition, or advertisement or similar promotion of a dramatic, literary, musical, political, journalistic, or artistic work. (b) "Governmental unit" means a public corporation…

Sec. 3. Not later than 60 days after a party is served with a complaint, cross-claim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or other pleading that asserts an eligible cause of action, or at a later time on a showing of good cause, the party may file a special motion for expedited reli…

Sec. 4. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (4) to (6), all of the following apply on the filing of a motion under section 3: (a) All other proceedings between the moving party and the responding party, including discovery and a pending hearing or motion, are stayed. …

Sec. 5. (1) The court shall hear a motion under section 3 not later than 60 days after the motion is filed, unless the court orders a later hearing for either of the following reasons: (a) To allow discovery under section 4(4). (b) For other good cause. (2) If the court orders a …

Sec. 6. In ruling on a motion under section 3, the court shall consider the pleadings, the motion, any reply or response to the motion, affidavits, depositions, admissions, or other documentary evidence.

Sec. 7. (1) In ruling on a motion under section 3, the court shall dismiss with prejudice an action, or part of an action, if all of the following apply: (a) The moving party establishes the cause of action is an eligible cause of action. (b) The responding party fails to establi…

Sec. 8. The court shall rule on a motion under section 3 not later than 60 days after a hearing under section 5.

Sec. 9. A moving party may appeal as a matter of right from an order denying, in whole or in part, a motion under section 3. The appeal must be filed not later than 21 days after entry of the order.

Sec. 10. On a motion under section 3, the court shall award court costs, reasonable attorney fees, and reasonable litigation expenses related to the motion as follows: (a) To the moving party if the moving party prevails on the motion. (b) To the responding party if the respondin…

Sec. 11. This act must be broadly construed and applied to protect the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances, and the right of association, guaranteed by the United States Constit…

Sec. 13. This act applies to a civil action filed or cause of action asserted in a civil action on or after the effective date of this act.

Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "opioid liability litigation act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Allergan settlement" means the master settlement agreement arising out of the MDL and entered into by this state with Allergan Pharmaceuticals. (b) "Alvogen settlement" means the master settlement agreement arising out of the MDL and entered into…

Sec. 3. A political subdivision of this state shall not commence or maintain an action as follows: (a) After January 1, 2021, an action related to the released claims as defined in the distributor settlement against the released entities as defined in the distributor settlement. …

Sec. 1. If a department, commission, board, or officer of this state, a political subdivision, or a municipal court of record reproduces pursuant to the records reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.406, records kept by or in the department, commission, board, office, o…

Sec. 2. The register of deeds of a county, if so instructed by a resolution of the county board of commissioners, may reproduce pursuant to the records media act a deed, mortgage, map, instrument, or writing recorded in his or her office and a record or index required by law to b…

Sec. 3. A reproduction of a record in a medium pursuant to the records media act or a reproduction consisting of a printout or other output readable by sight from such a medium prepared under any other law has the same force and effect as the original and shall be treated as an o…

Sec. 1. If an officer of a county or city is required or authorized by law to record, copy, recopy, or replace a document, plat, paper, written instrument, or book on file or of record in his or her office, the officer may do so pursuant to the records media act.

Sec. 2. If an original document, plat, paper, written instrument, record, or book of record filed or of record in the office of an officer described in section 1 is copied or replaced, and the officer is required by law to certify in or on the copy or replacement that it is a tru…

Sec. 3. When any record or replacement thereof in the office of any such officer is produced by such process, a correction, alteration, indorsement or entry, required or authorized to be made of or on any instrument or paper or on the record thereof, may be made by filing or inse…

Sec. 4. Transcripts or certified copies of such copies, records, reproductions and replacements, shall be considered as transcripts or certified copies of the originals.

Sec. 5. A reproduction in a medium pursuant to the records media act or a reproduction consisting of a printout or other output readable by sight from such a medium, which reproduction is produced under this or any other law, shall be considered an original for all purposes and i…

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Canned food" means food that is commercially processed in hermetically sealed containers by a commercial processor. (b) "Charitable organization" means a benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, religious, or eleemosynary organi…

Sec. 2. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), on or after July 1, 1993 an individual, farmer, food producer, processor, distributor, wholesaler, retailer, gleaner, or other person who in good faith donates perishable canned or farm food items or prepared food to a nonprofit c…

Sec. 3. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), on or after July 1, 1993 a nonprofit corporation or charitable organization that in good faith receives food for free or nominal cost distribution and that reasonably inspects the food at the time of donation and finds the food ap…

Sec. 4. Act No. 339 of the Public Acts of 1982 is repealed.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform collaborative law act".

Sec 2. As used in this act: (a) "Collaborative law communication" means a statement, whether oral or in a record, or verbal or nonverbal, to which both of the following apply: (i) The statement is made to conduct, participate in, continue, or reconvene a collaborative law process…

Sec. 3. This act applies to a collaborative law participation agreement that meets the requirements of section 4 signed on or after the effective date of this act.

Sec. 4. (1) A collaborative law participation agreement must satisfy all of the following requirements: (a) Be in a record. (b) Be signed by the parties. (c) State the parties' intention to resolve a collaborative matter through a collaborative law process under this act. (d) Des…

Sec. 5. (1) A collaborative law process begins when the parties sign a collaborative law participation agreement. (2) A tribunal may not order a party to participate in a collaborative law process over that party's objection. (3) A collaborative law process is concluded by 1 of t…

Sec. 6. (1) Persons in a proceeding pending before a tribunal may sign a collaborative law participation agreement to seek to resolve a collaborative matter related to the proceeding. The parties shall file promptly with the tribunal a notice of the agreement after it is signed. …

Sec. 7. During a collaborative law process, a tribunal may issue emergency orders to protect the health, safety, welfare, or interest of a party as provided in section 2950 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950.

Sec. 8. A tribunal may approve an agreement resulting from a collaborative law process.

Sec. 9. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a collaborative lawyer is disqualified from appearing before a tribunal to represent a party in a proceeding related to the collaborative matter. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) and sections 10 and 11,…

Sec. 10. (1) The disqualification of section 9(1) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party with or without fee. (2) After a collaborative law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm with which a collaborative lawyer disqualified under section 9(1) is associa…

Sec. 11. (1) The disqualification of section 9(1) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party that is a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality. (2) After a collaborative law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm with which the coll…

Sec. 12. Except as provided by law other than this act, during the collaborative law process, on the request of another party, a party shall make timely, full, candid, and informal disclosure of information related to the collaborative matter without formal discovery. A party als…

Sec. 13. This act does not affect either of the following: (a) The professional responsibility obligations and standards applicable to a lawyer or other licensed professional. (b) The obligation of a person to report abuse or neglect, abandonment, or exploitation of a child or ad…

Sec. 14. Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall do all of the following: (a) Assess with the prospective party factors the lawyer reasonably believes relate to whether a collaborative law process is a…

Sec. 15. (1) Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party. A reasonab…

Sec. 16. A collaborative law communication is confidential to the extent agreed by the parties in a signed record or as provided by law of this state other than this act.

Sec. 17. (1) Subject to sections 18 and 19, a collaborative law communication is privileged under subsection (2), is not subject to discovery, and is not admissible in evidence. (2) In a proceeding, the following privileges apply: (a) A party may refuse to disclose, and may preve…