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Lawsuits filed by businesses against those who post negative online reviews are increasingly gaining attention and heightening the concern of customers who may have legitimate gripes about the services or products that were purchased. A contractor su… Read More

Last week we discussed pending proposals to raise the state minimum wage. On Tuesday, May 27, Governor Snyder signed a bill raising the minimum wage by 25 percent gradually over the next four years, to $9.25 an hour by 2018. According to Governor Sny… Read More

On May 15, 2014, the Michigan Senate passed a bill that would raise Michigan’s state minimum wage from its current level of $7.40 per hour to $9.20 per hour by 2017. (The current state minimum wage is twenty cents higher than the $7.20 federal mini… Read More

Michigan has an animal problem: its local county shelters are overcrowded and, in many cases, lacking resources to handle shelter pets in humane ways. Michigan has very few state laws protecting shelter animals from unjust treatment or inhumane eutha… Read More

Our regular readers may recall that this always timely, critically important, but all too often overlooked issue was the subject of postings written by Dirk Beamer on January 8, 2013 (“Tedious Resolutions and Corporate Record Books”) and again, b… Read More

Detroit faces significant challenges, no doubt. But it still is a great city with a rich history and a vibrant, diverse culture. What’s more, there are countless people on almost every level working to revitalize the city and to build a stronger se… Read More

The great majority of Wright Beamer’s corporate clients are privately owned companies with one or more shareholder or member. Ideally, where multiple shareholders exist, they have established their respective rights and responsibilities within a se… Read More

Many common business and estate planning arrangements involve employer-owned life insurance (EOLI). Many business owners and professional advisors are unaware that employer-owned life insurance death benefits paid to employers are generally taxable a… Read More