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Since 2014, local advisory firm, Stout Risius Ross, has hosted its annual Summer in the City celebration. This year’s event allowed attendees, including our own Julie Cotant, a unique viewing of the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant while enjoying the Rhy… Read More

The Fair Labor Standards Act requires for-profit employers to pay their employees for work performed. A seemingly simple principle, right? But the body of litigation over who is considered an “employee” and subject to the pay regulations of the A… Read More

In 1978, Tim and Lee Flaherty founded an event that, over the years, has raised more than $1.3 million for the American Cancer Society. The event is Strides for Life, a four-day, 100-mile over-the-road run that annually brings together dozens of runn… Read More

If your company has more than fifty employees at any location within a 75-mile radius, you know that you need to extend 12 weeks of unpaid medical leave under the FMLA. But even if you are not subject to the FMLA, or if you have already provided the… Read More

I was recently asked by clients to review a trust that had been drafted by another attorney several years ago. The trust, like many others we see and draft here at Wright Beamer, left a gift to a Michigan-based nonprofit organization that had been es… Read More

For nearly six years, the Farmington/Farmington Hills Education Foundation has offered aid for “innovative educational opportunities to benefit the students of Farmington Public Schools.” Since its establishment, the foundation has provided 279 g… Read More

I have a client who recently moved from his own home into assisted living. He’s not likely to return home to live, yet he does not want to sell. This is not an uncommon situation in my practice. One of the concerns for my clients who find themselve… Read More

Each year, the Friends for the Development of Greenmead host a garden walk in Livonia. For one afternoon, five local homes and the Simmons Hill House on the grounds of Greenmead are open to the public. This Saturday will mark the 29th Annual Garden W… Read More