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Who Is the “Party In Interest” When Appealing Property Tax Assessments?
It’s not always as straight forward as you might think! JMC v. City of Grand Rapids, 2015 Mich. App. LEXIS 953 (May 12, 2015), highlights the importance of knowing the “party in interest” with the right to appeal a Michigan…
Managing Your Emotions During a Divorce
Divorce is an emotionally difficult process, a statement most of us believe to be true. Yet, when you’re the one going through a divorce, the full truth of this statement becomes self-evident. You find yourself on an emotional rollercoaster…
Real Probate? A Successful Combination in Law
Many lawyers have multiple specialties that seem to go hand in hand. People often think of lawyers with dual specialties as having only one. Tax AND estate planning, medical malpractice AND personal injury, corporate AND securities are but a…
Class Action Update: Underwood v. Carpenters Pension Trust Fund Detroit
Class Action Update Underwood v. Carpenters Pension Trust Fund Detroit & Vicinity (“Pension Plan”) et. al. Case No. 2:13-cv-14464; U.S. Dist. Ct. E.D. Mich.; Hon. Laurie J. Michelson For those of you who have been following…
To Disclose or Not Disclose to Your Investor?
This blog is a part of the “Cleaning House” series on preparing your business for fundraising. See the first article on How to Prepare Your Business for Funding, and our second article on
Cleaning House: An Audit for Funding Your Business
This blog is a part of the “Cleaning House” series on preparing your business for fundraising. While preparing to raise funding for your business and prepping your business plan, pre-funding is a good time to undertake a complete audit…
Getting Ready for Funding Your Business
This blog is a part of the “Cleaning House” series on preparing your business for fundraising. Follow our blog and Hertz Schram on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date. No start-up business can survive very long without…
“Most Workers Are Employees” Under The Fair Labor Standards Act
On July 15, 2015, the Administrator for the Department of Labor (“DOL”), issued the “Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1” (hereafter “Interpretation”) regarding “The Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s ‘Suffer or Permit’ Standard in the…
Utility Companies May Install “Smart Meters” on Customer Property Without Permission
Last week’s Michigan Court of Appeals decision in Stenman v. Stenman, Docket Number 321203, provides a cautionary tale: You do not always have absolute control over your own property. In Stenman, the court recognized the broad authority of a public utility…
Can a Court Hold Non-Party Children in Civil Contempt?
I believe it would be beneficial to shed some additional light, not that there isn’t enough attention on this case already, as to how we arrived at today’s juncture. Dr. Tsimhoni sought counsel from attorney Lisa Stern on a very…
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