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Too Soon to Enforce a Non-Compete?

Employers routinely require employees to sign a non-compete agreement, in order to prevent them from taking customers, business opportunities, and confidential information to a competitor. “Continued at-will employment” was historically deemed adequate consideration for such agreements in Michigan. An employer could discharge an employee for any reason at any time

13 Hertz Schram Attorneys Recognized as Leading Lawyers

Hertz Schram is pleased to announce that 13 of its attorneys were recognized by Leading Lawyers for being at the top of their fields of expertise and for outstanding client service: Howard Hertz, Entertainment Law Bradley Schram, Securities and Business Law Victor M. Norris, Litigation Robert P. Geller, Business and Securities Law

Eight Hertz Schram Attorneys Honored in DBusiness

Hertz Schram is pleased to announce that 8 of our attorneys were selected to appear in DBusiness Top Lawyers for 2016. DBusiness, publication of Hour Media, is one of the leading business journals in Detroit. This year over 19,000 attorneys were polled across Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Livingston counties to determine who

Considering Not Filing the Property Transfer Affidavit? Don’t Even Think About It!

Prior to 1995, real property in Michigan was taxed at its “assessed value”; that is, at 50% of its true cash value, which Michigan courts deem synonymous with fair market value. This meant that taxes on real property went up or down in tandem with increases or decreases in the

Michigan Court of Appeals Issues Decision Regarding Grandparent Visitation Statute

Ending 10 years of uncertainty and inconsistent rulings at the trial court level, the Michigan Court Appeals opened the door for grandchildren in the State to have a meaningful relationship with their grandparents. In a decision reached last week, the Court made clear that, indeed, grandparents have the right to

Must the POSSIBILITY of Obtaining a Zoning Variance Be Considered When Appealing a Property Tax Assessment?

When Appealing a Michigan Property Tax Assessment, Must the Possibility of Obtaining a Zoning Variance Be Considered in Determining the Property’s True Cash Value? The Answer: It depends! MS v. City of Brighton, 2015 Mich. App. LEXIS 799 (Apr. 21, 2015), highlights the importance of retaining an expert in a Michigan property

The “solopreneurs” Ultimate 401(k) Plan

GREAT NEWS! Your business is going like gang busters. You want to start putting money into retirement. You have no employees but yourself. What type of retirement plan it right for you? Perhaps a 401(k) plan is the answer instead of a basic profit sharing plan. Let us take a

Plaintiffs In Pension Plan Class Action Win Again!

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 this Pension Plan class action, you may interested to learn that the Class members recently received another major victory

Who Really Owns Your Facebook Posts?

Another year has likely brought about another round of faux legalese to your Facebook news feed. If you have been on Facebook within the last week or two, you have probably seen something like this: “Channel 13 News was just talking about this change in Facebook’s privacy policy. Better safe

The Michigan Supreme Court Clarifies The Confusing Theory Of Conversion

Hertz Schram attorneys Deborah Lapin and Matthew Turchyn recently obtained a favorable opinion on behalf of Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC in the Michigan Court of Appeals in Sutter v Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, Case No. 320704 (April 21, 2015). The issue before the Court of Appeals was whether Ocwen converted a