Dickinson-Wright

Dickinson-Wright is a Detroit-based firm with over 475 attorneys across more than 40 practice areas and industries. Among a variety of other specialties, the firm represents leading industrial, financial, insurance, emerging technology and service enterprises around the world.

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The landscape regarding worker non-competition covenants (often referred to as non-compete agreements) has been in flux over the last few years at both the state and federal levels.  Since January 2020, Washington State has limited when non-competes may be used for workers based in Washington.  Now, Washington State joins several other states, including California, Minnesota,…

The Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court recently underscored the importance of carefully implementing Chapter 15 eligibility. In its Geden and Siu-Fung decisions, the court reasserted its independent duty to scrutinize foreign recognition requests, providing constructive guidance on the steps foreign representatives should take to strengthen their Chapter 15 filings. The rulings offer practical lessons for ensuring

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In fiscal year 2024, approximately 8,492 H-1B visas were approved for workers in medicine and health occupations.1 The American Medical Association and over 50 national specialty societies and state medical associations expressed serious concerns over the $100,000 H-1B fee imposed by the Presidential Proclamation, warning that it could worsen the U.S. physician shortage, projected to…

Privilege and Work Product in the Age of AI
Depending on which court you ask, your latest prompt to an artificial intelligence (“AI”) chatbot is either a protected private thought or a voluntary disclosure to someone other than your lawyer. In a legal landscape struggling to keep pace with technology, two ‘first-of-their-kind’ rulings—United States v.

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The uneven evolution of federal and state cannabis laws continues to frustrate cannabis business operations, including, but not limited to, how intellectual property is created, valued, and deployed. While trademark rights remain closely tethered to lawful commercial use in interstate commerce,[1] patent rights operate under a different legal framework—one that has historically permitted…

On February 13, 2026, FinCEN issued an Order providing “exceptive relief” to covered financial institutions (including banks, savings associations, and broker-dealers). The order simplifies the requirements for obtaining beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) for a legal entity customer each time the customer opens a new account. Under the Order, a covered financial institution is required to…