Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
Back in the spring, I wrote a blog post offering guidance to businesses about the potential impact of Michigan’s Stay-at-Home Executive Order, which was issued in an effort to curb …
Michigan Supreme Court Destabilizes Legal Framework Surrounding COVID-19-related Executive Orders 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
Many employers and employees are facing an unusual and challenging situation this fall: how to balance virtual schooling (or daycare closures) with work. Earlier this year, Congress passed two pieces …
Does an Employer Have to Provide Leave to An Employee for Their Child’s Virtual Schooling? Read More
In a recent case decided by the Michigan Supreme Court, Meemic Insurance Company sought to void its automobile insurance policy and stop the payment of no-fault benefits. Meemic has been …
Michigan Supreme Court Rules No-Fault Insurance Policy Cannot Be Rescinded Based On Alleged Fraud Occurring After Policy Was Issued Read More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
A party may believe that a contract is insulated from adverse modification by including specific modification clauses. For example, clauses like “modifications must be agreed to in writing”, and anti-waiver …
Can Parties Orally Modify a Contract that Says it Can Only be Modified by a Signed, Written Agreement? Read More