Wright Beamer welcomes the return of Heather Brenneman Miles as an associate attorney with the firm. Her expertise includes business transactions, general corporate law, technology-related ventures, executive compensation planning, agribusiness matte…
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Nearly gone are the days of paper memos and letters as primary modes of correspondence in the workplace. For years now, it seems, the vast majority of business has been conducted at a faster pace via electronic communications – emails, texts, etc.…
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Think of an EIN (which stands for “Employer Identification Number”) as a social security number for an entity. EINs, also referred to as “taxpayer identification numbers” (TINs) or “Federal Tax Identification Numbers”, are assigned by the…
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Losing a valued team member to retirement is a bittersweet experience! We are in the midst of that experience right now at Wright Beamer as my assistant, Teresa Bowers, is leaving us at the end of the month to begin her retirement. We say goodbye rel…
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In my small farming community in the 70s and 80s, students in the public schools could study vocational agriculture (“Vo-Ag”) as an elective, while others pursued technical training at a county-wide vocational school. My friends who took Vo-Ag si…
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The implementation of various mandates within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often referred to as the “ACA” or “Obamacare”) – including some related to employers – continues to be delayed. Notably, the Obama administratio…
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Recently, a client contacted us about a piece of real estate he would like to sell. He has a qualified buyer, the ability to pay the balance of the mortgage, and is overall prepared and eager to get rid of the property. But a troublesome document is…
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I recently heard that the January snowfall total in our area of Michigan had surpassed the previous record. While I haven’t heard a similar report for the cold temperatures we’ve had, I’ve got to believe that this will turn out to be among the…
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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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