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Michigan law generally defines your principal residence as the one place you own to which, whenever you leave, you intend to return. As such, your principal residence will be deemed exempt from certain school taxes upon the filing of the requisite Pr… Read More

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has been hard at work updating its processes. There is more to come, but its latest announcement is that corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships can now renew assu… Read More

Two weeks ago, I attended the annual meeting of the Michigan Bar’s Business Law Section. Section member and Dykema attorney Stephen Tupper offered an overview of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect May 28, 2018.… Read More

“But that’s not our policy.” How many times have you heard this or repeated this to someone else in the workplace? Clear, consistent policies help shape reasonable expectations among partners, managers and co-workers. But inconsistent policies… Read More

A Florida federal district court recently ruled that grocery chain Winn-Dixie violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by maintaining a website that was inaccessible to a vision-impaired customer. In that case, the plaintiff customer… Read More

The Great Lakes Women’s Business Council will be hosting its 17th annual Great Lakes Women’s Business Conference at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi tomorrow and Wednesday, September 26-27. The event will bring together more than 1,000 c… Read More

You are not a United States Citizen You probably thought that because you are in the United States, abiding by all of our rules, blissfully married to your U.S. citizen spouse that all of your spouse’s assets will transfer to you seamlessly upon yo… Read More

If Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, and if store shelves are already loaded with Halloween candy, costumes and decorations, can the winter holidays be far behind? (105 days till Christmas for those who are counting.) A familiar sight dur… Read More