An employee’s request to take time off under the FMLA is a protected activity, regardless of whether the employee was actually entitled to the requested leave.

The MI COA has ruled, for the first time, that the preponderance of the evidence standard applies in Special Immigrant Juvenile proceedings because the statute is silent on this issue.

In Kline v Dep't of Tranportation, the COA "begrudgingly" followed McCahan v Brennan, holding that the defendant was entitled to summary disposition where the plaintiff failed to comply with the notice provision.