Detroit Business Law – Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
The time has once again arrived to focus on cost reductions achievable by appealing your property taxes. You have recently received your 2011 Notice of Assessment. As discussed below, there …
How to Protest Your Property Taxes in Michigan Read MoreIn California, a woman who sued her employer may not assert attorney client privilege to emails she sent her attorney from her work email, a California appeals court ruled. The …
Employees Beware: Emails With Your Attorney May Not be Privileged if You Use Your Company E-mail Read MoreIn a change to Michigan’s payment of wages and benefits law, the Michigan Legislature recently changed the law so that employers may require their employees to accept compensation in a …
Paperless Payroll: Michigan’s Revised Payroll Disbursement Law Read MoreThe Michigan Limited Liability Company Act has recently been amended (Public Act 290 of 2010). The changes will be discussed in a series of articles on our firm blog. One …
Michigan Law Now Allows Easier Conversion of Corporations Into Limited Liability Companies, and Vice Versa Read MoreThe State of Michigan has recently created an exception to the requirement that a minor must have a work permit from the minor’s school in order to be employed. Effective …
Change To Michigan Youth Employment Laws for Non-Profits Read MoreA recent case decided by the Michigan Court of Appeals addressed the issue of whether a “judgment lien survives and can be foreclosed on after the judgment debtor’s conveyance of …
Court of Appeals Interprets the Judgment Lien Creditor Act Read MoreOn August 25, 2010, we posted an article about a trademark dispute between the Seventh Day Adventists and Walter McGill and the Creation 7th Day Adventist Church. In that blog …
Update: Seventh Day Adventist Trademark Dispute Read MoreIn early October 2010, Governor Granholm signed into law the Commercial Real Estate Broker’s Lien Act (the “Act”). The intent of the Act is to remedy the concerns of commercial …
New Law on Broker’s Commercial Real Estate Liens Read MoreIn 1031 Lapeer L.L.C. v. Rice, the defendant sought to lease a gas station to the plaintiff for a period of ten years. The defendant knew that the property was …
Failure to Disclose Environmental Contamination Can Void the Sale or Lease of Property Read MoreIn Michigan, as a general rule, attorney’s fees are not recoverable unless “expressly allowed by statute, court rule, common-law exception, or contract.” Agreements between parties may expressly provide that in …
Contractual Right to Attorney’s Fees – Court Must Analyze Fees to Determine Whether they are Reasonable Read More