Do you remember the awkward feeling explaining to a teacher why your homework was missing or an important assignment was incomplete? Do you still have dreams where you walk into math class only to realize it’s time for finals, but you haven’t bee…
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With extreme winter weather already forcing many Michigan employers to temporarily close their doors, a persistent issue is the question of whether (and to what extent) an employee must be paid during a weather-related work closure. The answer to thi…
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Did you make a New Year’s resolution? To exercise more? Devote more time to charitable causes? Spend less? While many of us set personal goals at the beginning of each year and vow to take action to improve ourselves, the vast majority of people fa…
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It’s time to ring in the New Year, where we often find ourselves looking forward to the next year, as well as back on where we’ve been. In fact, January’s namesake, Janus, is the Roman god of beginnings, whose two faces allowed him to look back…
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Do you remember reading about Delilah in Kathy Spray’s email blast a month ago? She was the abandoned pup that Kathy helped rescue just days before she was scheduled to be euthanized. Kathy’s efforts resulted in Delilah being taken in by a very l…
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Several months ago, I wrote about “summary judgment” motions — requests that a case be dismissed due to the lack of any evidence to support the factual assertions made by the plaintiff. Recall that, normally, it is up to a jury to weigh the evi…
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Like most states, Michigan has adopted Section 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code, which governs business transactions involving the sale of goods. One common problem that arises between commercial suppliers is a conflict between the terms and conditio…
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The coats, mittens, hats, and boots emerging from storage signal that another festive season is upon us, and plans are already in the making for celebrating and feasting. What more wonderful way to begin a time of gifting and shopping, eating and dri…
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Last month (October 10 to be precise) I sent a court officer to the commercial property of a client of ours to post and execute an eviction order for a delinquent tenant. The tenant had fought the eviction for months but had finally contacted me to s…
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