Detroit Business Law – Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
As technology advances and improves, the language of the Fourth Amendment needs to be re-interpreted. The Fourth Amendment protects individuals from searches of their property by the government that would …
Michigan Court of Appeals Rules that Flying a Drone Over Another’s Property Violates the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Read More
A labor broker is a company that hires workers (or laborers) and assigns them to various other companies and jobs. The labor broker charges the company for the workers’ time …
Michigan Court of Appeals Rules Economic Realities Test Determines Employer Status for Purposes of the Workers’ Disability Compensation Act Read More
If a person or business entity brings suit for breach of contract for a business purchase, the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (“MCPA”) is not available for use in the lawsuit. …
Michigan Consumer Protection Act Not Available for Business Purchases of Consumer Goods Read More
A claim of tortious interference can be brought when a third-party acts in a way that interferes with a business relationship or expectancy. The Michigan Court of Appeals recently laid …
Michigan Court of Appeals Finds Employer Is Not Obligated to Provide Former Employee a Reference Read More
As anybody who has followed the news coming out of DC in the last several weeks may have noticed, President Biden has issued a flurry of Executive Orders, spanning a …
Recently Issued Executive Order Hints Potentially Significant Changes in the Implementation of the Buy American Act Read More In a previous post, I posed the following question: Could the False Claims Act be Used to Regulate Payroll Protection Program Recipients? Here’s a quick rundown: the False Claims Act, …
PPP and the Federal Enforcement Actions: Part II Read More
In a recent decision from the Michigan Court of Appeals, Andrews v Brown Docket No. 350659, the Court quieted title in favor of the Plaintiff despite errors for a number …
Michigan Court of Appeals Quiets Title Despite Errors in the Deed and Recording Read More 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
Last month, Governor Whitmer signed into law legislation amending what was previously known as the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act. The UCRERA has now been renamed the “Receivership Act.” …
Michigan Broadens Scope of Receivership Act with New Legislation, Effective October 15, 2020 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