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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…
Hertz Schram PC Obtains $6.25 Million Settlement for Largest Inland Oil Spill Case
In July of 2010, an oil pipeline operated by Enbridge LP and related companies (Enbridge) ruptured, spilling almost 1 million gallons of crude oil into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. The spill is the largest inland oil release…
Lawyers Join Detroit’s Rising Tide of Entrepreneurial Energy
Recently, I’ve read a few articles about how entrepreneurship is losing its cachet among millennials. Really? I guess the authors of these articles have missed a real “boots on the ground” story in Detroit. I can attest that the…
Supreme Court Decision Legalizing Same Sex Marriage Has Critical Impact on Michigan Workers and Employers
On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Obergefell et al. V. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al. pertaining to 14 same sex couples and two male same sex partners, now deceased, who…
A Dangerous Twist: Beware of Injuries Caused by Chiropractic Manipulation
A study released earlier this year by physicians at Baylor University Medical Center highlighted the risk of injury to vertebral arteries from chiropractic manipulation of the neck. The damage to the blood vessels can lead to disastrous strokes and…
Evidentiary Issues In Overtime Claims: A Cautionary Tale
A CAUTIONARY TALE: AN EMPLOYEE WHO PRESENTS NO OTHER EVIDENCE OTHER THAN HIS TESTIMONY CONTRADICTING THE EMPLOYER’S TIMESHEETS AND PAY STUBS CREATES A GENUINE ISSUE OF FACT ALLOWING THE OVERTIME CLAIM TO PROCEED TO A JURY The Sixth Circuit’s…
Judge Edward Sosnick (Ret.) Joins Hertz Schram In Of Counsel Role
Judge Edward Sosnick (Ret), who is Of Counsel to Hertz Schram PC, focuses his practice on Alternative Dispute Resolution, including formal and informal arbitration, mediation, and facilitation. Judge Sosnick was an Oakland County…
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