Detroit Business Law – Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that a garnishee can be held individually liable for improperly distributing funds after being properly served a writ of periodic garnishment. In Premier …
Michigan Court of Appeals Rules that Garnishee Can be Held Liable for Improperly Distributing Funds Read More
The anti-lockout statute, MCL 600.2918, prevents a landlord from unlawfully interfering with a tenant’s possessory interest in the property without a court order including changing, altering, or adding to the …
Michigan Court of Appeals Rules Exception to Anti-Lockout Statute Can Protect Landlords Read More
On Thursday, October 22, Michigan Governor Whitmer signed several bills implementing COVID-19 protections and setting standards for COVID-19 exposure liability for both businesses and workers. The bills, House Bills 6030-6032, …
Governor Whitmer Signs Bills Setting New COVID-19 Protections for Businesses and Workers Read More
The Michigan Attorney General and the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) on October 13, 2020 sent an e-mail and posted a warning urging Michigan Licensees to be cautious …
Michigan Attorney General Urges Licensees to Beware of Fraudulent E-mails Read More
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that employees could not enforce provisions detailed in an employee handbook as a binding contract when the handbook specifically identifies itself as “not …
Michigan Court of Appeals Rules that Employee Handbooks are Not Enforceable Contracts when the Handbook Identifies as “Not a Legal Document” Read More In a recent Michigan Court of Appeals decision (Indiana Michigan Power Co v Community Mills) Docket No. 349671, the Court found that Community Mills was entitled to its full, reasonable …
Michigan Court of Appeals Rules that Full Attorneys’ Fees are Recoverable Under the Uniform Condemnation Procedures Act Read More
Bay Shore Power Company v. Oxbow Energy Solutions, LLC (Docket No. 20-3119), an Opinion recommended for publication by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The Court …
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules that Attorneys’ Fees are Recoverable Even Through Contract Provision Barring Recovery Read More
In a United States Supreme Court decision issued on June 30, 2020 United States Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V. the Court ruled that a generic term, “Booking” …
Supreme Court Rules that a Generic Term Can be Trademarked if Followed by “.com” Read More
Employers often times ask their employees to travel, either on a day trip or on multi-day trips, to work temporarily at a different location. What isn’t always clear is exactly …
What Must an Employer Pay an Employee Traveling for Work? Read More
If there is a dispute whether parties have agreed to arbitrate a dispute, who has authority to resolve that dispute – the court or the arbitrator? In Blanton v. Domino’s …
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules that Issue of Arbitrability is Arbitrable Read More