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From our family to yours… Very best wishes from all of us at Wright Beamer for a joyous holiday season and a healthy and happy new year! Read More

Last year, we told you about Michigan’s new law that exempts home and cottage transfers between certain family members from property tax uncapping. The Michigan legislature has now expanded the law to accommodate many typical transfers so that they… Read More

With the holiday season underway, many businesses are in the midst of planning company-sponsored holiday events. Holiday parties can be a useful tool to recognize and thank employees for their contributions throughout the year. However, if not proper… Read More

Telemarketing calls: businesses rely on them, consumers hate them. As such, the federal government has enacted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to regulate commercial telemarketing calls or text messages trying to sell you a product or se… Read More

It wasn’t all that many years ago that we could count on the last trick-or-treater having rounded the corner of the block heading home before we were inundated with holiday advertising. This year, it seems like the holiday season has been in full s… Read More

I’ve been with Wright Beamer, and writing to you in these short articles, for a few years now. And, being honest, it sometimes gets difficult to know what it is that you’d like to read about. This week, I had a riveting piece about legal developm… Read More

A client recently asked whether he must disclose to the buyer of his home the fact that the next-door neighbor is a registered sex offender. I was able to tell my client that Michigan does not require that he disclose his neighbor’s status. Rather,… Read More

As a lawyer, I spend a lot of time studying, enforcing and protecting “rights:” contract rights, employment rights, privacy rights, civil rights, etc. Indeed, 21st Century Americans are keenly sensitive to perceived infringements on individual ri… Read More