Detroit Business Law – Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
The essential purpose of arbitration is to resolve disputes straightaway. For this reason, many people that enter into contracts require a provision in the contract that requires disputes to be …
Arbitration Provision Does Not Apply Where It Was Not Intended Read MoreThe essential purpose of arbitration is to resolve disputes straightaway. For this reason, many people that enter into contracts require a provision in the contract that requires disputes to be …
Judicial Review Allowed Before Arbitration Begins or After Arbitration Award Determined, But Not In Between Read More
The Michigan Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s decision in Turner v. J&J Slavik, Inc., and found that an employee-shareholder still held the same ownership interest in the corporation …
Victory For Demorest Law Firm Client in Michigan Court of Appeals: Court Rules that Employee-Shareholder Maintained His Ownership Interest After Losing His Job Read MoreSimilar to another recent Court of Appeals decision where the Court enforced the terms of a memorandum of understanding, the Court of Appeals has again enforced the terms of a …
Court Again Upholds Terms of “Preliminary” Agreement As If It Were An Enforceable Contract Read MoreMichigan law provides for unemployment benefits for employees that are laid off from work if they meet certain requirements, including having received a certain amount of wages before being laid …
No Unemployment Benefits When Employee Leaves One Part-Time Employer for Another and is then Laid Off Read MoreTape recorded evidence is very powerful in trial because it gives the jury insight into the events of the controversy as they took place, as if these events had happened …
Tape Recorded Statements: Powerful Evidence or Illegal Eavesdropping Read MoreA short summary: A law firm that is a party to a lawsuit and entitled to attorney fees in case evaluation sanctions may be able to recover these attorney fees even if it …
Law Firms Can Recover Own Fees in Case Evaluation Sanctions Read MoreAgreements to toll the statute of limitations only apply to the claims of the parties to the agreement. That was the decision reached by the Michigan Court of Appeals in …
Tolling Agreement Not Applicable to Non-Parties Read MoreAn agreement between parties to agree to contract at a separate time may be enforceable in court even though the later contract was never created, so long as the agreement …
Court Upholds Memorandum of Understanding as an Enforceable “Contract to Contract” Read MoreAccording to a National Labor Relations Board press release on January 6, 2014, the Board has decided not to seek Supreme Court review of two U.S. Court of Appeals decisions …
National Labor Relations Board Gives Up Fight on Notice Posting Rule Read More