Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
In City of Detroit v City of Detroit Bd of Zoning Appeals et al., Docket No. 339018 (October 2018), a published Michigan Court of Appeals Opinion, the Court of Appeals …
Michigan Court of Appeals Holds That Board of Zoning Appeals May Grant Hardship Variance Even Where Landowner Knew of Hardship When It Purchased Property Read MoreThe Michigan Court of Appeals recently reiterated in the unpublished opinion, Carol B Alberti v Sunbay Real Estate et. al., LC No. 1-00905-CH (October 30, 2018), that the main goal …
Michigan Court of Appeals Reiterates that Words are to be Construed According to Their Plain and Ordinary Meaning Unless Defined by Contract or Used in Technical Sense Read MoreOn November 15, 2018, managing member Mark Demorest gave a presentation on legal issues concerning job descriptions to a graduate class on industrial and organizational psychology at Wayne State University. …
Mark Demorest Gives Presentation to Wayne State University Graduate Students on Legal Issues Concerning Job Descriptions Read MoreThe Demorest Law Firm partnered with Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau to host “HR Issues for the Hospitality Industry” seminar on November 9th, 2018. About 70 general managers, HR …
Demorest Law Presented Second Annual Seminar to Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau Read MoreOn September 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that will restore the NLRB’s joint-employer standard to what it was prior to …
NLRB Published Proposed Rule to Restore Pre-2015 Joint-Employer Standard Read MoreThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled on September 28th that the state’s ban on wine shipments from out-of-state retailers directly to consumers is unconstitutional …
U.S. District Court Rules Michigan’s Ban on Direct Sales of Wine to Consumers by Non-Michigan Businesses is Unconstitutional Read MoreThe Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has removed the “Were you convicted of a felony?” checkbox that precedes the occupational and construction code licensing applications. Also, all state …
Michigan allows former felons to seek business licenses Read MoreOur managing member got a chance to catch up with his law school classmates as the Michigan Law Class of 1983 celebrated its 35th reunion in Ann Arbor over the …
Mark Demorest Celebrates 35th Law School Reunion Read MoreDemorest Law Firm is a member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, an international network of smaller law firms. Stewart & Stewart is our affiliated firm in Washington, …
Stewart & Stewart: US-Mexico-Canada Agreement – Understanding the Changes from the Existing NAFTA And Previously Negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Read MoreMelissa Demorest LeDuc has been named a 2018 Michigan Super Lawyer/Rising Star in the category of Business/Corporate Law. Melissa has received this honor every year for the last nine years. …
Demorest Law Firm, PLLC Announces the Selection of Melissa Demorest LeDuc as 2018 Michigan Super Lawyer Rising Star for the Ninth Year in a Row Read More