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You took all the right steps. You set up your estate plan, made sure your final wishes were clear, and provided for your beneficiaries upon your passing. But what happens in Michigan when your beneficiary passes away before you and you don’t update… Read More

With the rapid spread of legalized marijuana throughout the United States, employers have struggled with testing tools (e.g., urine and hair samples) dependent on metabolized CBD, which yield positive results many days or even months after the tested… Read More

Governor Whitmer recently extended the deadline under Michigan’s Marketable Record Title Act (MRTA) to September 29, 2025. Certain property interests are extinguished if they are not protected by appearance or reference in a property’s chain of t… Read More

Last month, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) 2023 rule for determining joint employer status. The joint employer rule determines when two businesses are legally… Read More

Joyce Kilmer, American writer and poet, famously wrote: “I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.” Many people would be inclined to agree; but what about the neighbor’s tree branches that overhang your yard? Or worse, what if tha… Read More

Many people have an estate plan on their to-do list, but what happens if you do not get around to it before you pass away? The answer is that your loved ones could face several problems that lead to wasted time, expense, and conflict amongst themselv… Read More

Last week, the president of Rochester University (a private school located in Rochester, Michigan) announced that the school has changed its name to Rochester Christian University as part of a settlement with the University of Rochester. The settleme… Read More

Late this past Friday, a U.S. District Court Judge in the Northern District of Alabama issued a ruling in favor of the National Small Business Association holding that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) exceeds the limitations that the Consti… Read More