MCPA Regulated-Industry Exemption (MCL 445.904(1)(a))

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-08-27 — Consumer protection: other; applicability and enforcement of consumer protection act; expand. Amends title & secs. 2, 5 & 10 of 1976 PA 331 (MCL 445.902 et seq.) & adds secs. 5a & 21a.: cross-connection with consumer-protection-act-enforcement: Expanding MCPA applicability directly interacts with the regulated-industry exemption in MCL 445.904(1)(a). (novelty: 2)
2026-08-27 — Consumer protection: unfair trade practices; applicability of consumer protection act; revise. Amends sec. 4 of 1976 PA 331 (MCL 445.904) & adds sec. 2a.: cross-connection with consumer-protection-act-applicability: Both concern the scope of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act under MCL 445.904, particularly which regulated businesses and transactions are exempt from or covered by the Act. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-31 — Attorney General v Eli Lilly and Company: Michigan Supreme Court in Attorney General v Eli Lilly and Company (opinion) narrowed the MCL 445.904(1)(a) exemption to specifically authorized transactions or conduct, overruling Smith v Globe Life Ins Co and Liss v Lewiston-Richards, Inc, and allowing the AG’s insulin-pricing investigation to proceed. (novelty: 4)