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Most employers are familiar with the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) requirement to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to eligible employees. But what many do not recognize is that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can require e… Read More

Beginning in 2011, decedents who leave their assets to their spouse can also transfer their unused estate tax exemption, commonly called “portability” under the IRS’s portability rules. The surviving spouse is eligible to receive the decedent�… Read More

Owning or managing a small business is challenging. There are legal and taxation issues to consider, financing to manage, employees to train, and marketing to undertake. Juggling these types of administrative issues while working to provide quality s… Read More

Are you familiar with Bitcoin? It’s the oldest and most popular of dozens of digital currencies (called “cryptocurrencies”) now in existence. Created in 2009, bitcoin can be bought and sold as an investment or be used to purchase goods and serv… Read More

Many employers search social media to evaluate a favorable job candidate. This is not without risks. Problems associated with hiring decisions based, in whole or in part, on information presented on social media can subject companies to unnecessary l… Read More

Doubtless these words have been uttered by a great many people in the wake of the nearly unprecedented rainfall we experienced in the past couple of weeks. Listening to the news reports of loss and damage suffered by so many, I have been struck by th… Read More

Lawsuits filed by businesses against those who post negative online reviews are increasingly gaining attention and heightening the concern of customers who may have legitimate gripes about the services or products that were purchased. A contractor su… Read More

Last week we discussed pending proposals to raise the state minimum wage. On Tuesday, May 27, Governor Snyder signed a bill raising the minimum wage by 25 percent gradually over the next four years, to $9.25 an hour by 2018. According to Governor Sny… Read More